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Purification of waste water in Borlänge

Sweden’s first solar power plant for heat and electricity at Härnösand has been connected to the local district heating network.

Fågelmyra is Borlänge municipality recycling center. This is where bulky waste is placed. Borlange residents sort their waste into containers or as hazardous waste. All containers are signposted and marked to facilitate the sorting.

Experience the world unique arena for research, innovation and new technology in electric power engineering with focus on smart grids during an interactive walk in the hometown of ABB Ludvika.

A study visit takes 2-3h.

Extraction of compostable soil from household waste

This municipal company specializes in coordinating and optimizing the city’s vehicle fleet and transportation modes.

At Alsterbro sewage treatment plant, wastewater is purified in three steps. The first purification step consists of the mechanical removal of the coarse solids in the rotary screen. The next processing step is the biological treatment in biorotor. In the last purification step, chemical precipitation to remove phosphorous. The flocculant used is polyaluminiumhydroxiklorid.
Then, the treated water out of the Alsterån. Sludge from both the biological and chemical purification pumped into reed beds, where lush reeds contributes to the degradation of the sludge, among others. alia by reed plants favors oxygen supply down in the sludge.

Koholmens Wastwater Treatment Plant is designed for 57,000 inhabitants and is the heart of Karlskrona system for the resort’s sewage management. To this place is headed wastewater from Karlskrona urban areas, from the neighboring islands, as well as from the sewage treatment plant at Sanda Island and from the population at Sturkö Island.

Törnebybäcken, a stream which drains most of the Kalmar countryside just west of Kalmar, is one of the municipality’s most nutrient-loaded water bodies. Kalmar airport contributes to the supply of mainly nitrogen that is used to keep the runways unfrozen.

Through a unique partnership between CAA and Kalmar municipality, a large proportion of mainly nitrogen, but also phosphorus that would otherwise be added to the West Lake (a bay of the Baltic Sea), are deleted in the landscaped wetland park Kalmar Dämme. It is nature’s own treatment plant, where a whole series of natural processes occur that reduce nitrogen and phosphorus.

The Future´s Museum is a Science Centre aiming to stimulate interest and curiosity for science and technology.

To improve accessibility in the city centre, a joint goods reception for smaller deliveries to downtown shops has been established.