What is Water Waste ST?
The Water Waste ST © Project is the main activity of this startup CHISS. It's about the industrial waste treatment generated by processes with a large use of water. The innovation consists in carrying out this operation through a physical source, non-invasive, capable of an ST action (space time) of a few minutes instead of the years or months required by current technologies for recovering the ability of water to re-insert oxygen and eliminate harmful toxic elements such as heavy metals and other pollutants that increase the value of the COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand). It's about the possibility of creating scalable systems, which can be designed according to the purification situations of the various activities
Water Waste ST for environmental protection
Keeping our rivers and marine environments clean and free of toxic substances is one of the biggest global challenges facing our generation.. Water pollution has a profound effect on our health, and jeopardizes the fragile balance of the entire ecosystem. One of the biggest causes of water pollution is the spillage of wastewater by industries into the sewage and water system.
The situation in Italy
The condition in which Italy finds itself is critical, as also certified by report "H₂O - the chemistry that pollutes water" published in 2020 by Legambiente. The European Commission also intervened by formally opening an infringement procedure against Italy because of the violation of the European Water Directive (2000/60/THIS). The EC found, indeed, that only the 43% of our rivers is considered “healthy” and that 237 agglomerates (urban centers or parts of urban centers) with over 2.000 inhabitants do not have adequate waste water collection and treatment systems. The regions concerned are 13 (Abruzzo, Calabria, Campania, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Liguria, Lombardy, Market, Molise, Puglia, Sardinia, Sicily and Tuscany). Even today in Italy, about the 25% sewer water is discharged into the sea, in lakes and rivers, without being properly purified.
What to do?
According to the obligations taken at the European level by 2027 the entire national water network must be within the parameters that allow to certify that the seas, rivers and lakes are "in good health". Again according to the relationship 2020 of Legambiente "In Italy, from the 2007 al 2017, only in water bodies and only by industrial plants well were emitted 5.622 tons of chemicals belonging to the following categories: heavy metals (4.565 tons equal to 81% of the total), other organic substances (853 tons equal to 15% of the total), chlorinated organic substances (192,8 tons equal to 3% of the total) and pesticides (11,5 tons equal to 0,2% of the total). Priority pollutants, and then monitored by the control bodies, which are constantly released into the water through various production processes and related industrial wastewater (…) No less impactful, even if considered emerging pollutants, are pharmaceuticals (pesticides and drugs for human and veterinary use), new generation pesticides, industrial plastic additives, personal care products, new flame retardants ".
The contribution of CH.I.S.S. S.R.L.
Starting from this problem which, as shown above by the numbers, has a gigantic scope in terms of risks for human health and for the entire ecosystem, the Integrated Chemistry Science and Health s.r.l.. (CH.I.S.S.) is looking for a solution that would allow to purify and detoxify almost totally waste water and at the same time which breaks down in some cases up to 90% of the purification costs that industries have to bear.
Some notions: COD and the current technological situation
At the outset it should be clarified that the rate of purification of water by chemicals, heavy metals and pesticides is identified by the percentage of C.O.D. (Chemical Oxygen Demand) in water. In other words, the C.O.D would be the amount of oxygen required for the complete chemical oxidation of the organic and inorganic compounds present in the water. This parameter is universally used and is foreseen in Italy, Lastly, from D.. Lgs. 152/06. According to said legislation, to table 3 of the Annex 5, the maximum percentage of C.O.D. which can be present in fresh and salt waters is equal to or less than 125 mg / L.
The technologies currently present and used most by all types of industry (siderurgica, pharmaceutical, agri-food, etc.) but also from container and cruise ships, cha also have a huge impact on the marine ecosystem, they are unlikely to comply with the C.O.D. parameter. 125 mg / L. Add to this that even if today's purifiers succeed, it takes months (the oldest even years), to clean the water, with very high management costs. If that's not enough, the current purification systems produce special sludge that they have in their face need to be disposed of by industries with an increase in costs.
The Water Waste ST solution
CH.I.S.S. S.R.L. has therefore, thanks to the skills of a top-level team, developed an innovative system to purify waste water: Water Waste ST. The Water Waste ST, indeed, it concerns the treatment of industrial waste generated by processes with a large use of water. The innovation consists in carrying out the purification operation using a physical source actuator, non-invasive, capable of an ST action (space time) of a few minutes instead of the years or months required by current technologies for recovering the ability of water to re-insert oxygen and eliminate harmful toxic elements such as heavy metals and other pollutants, by transmutation of the harmful particle, which increase the value of the COD.
The experimental activity
The experimental activity at the production laboratory of the space / time actuator (st), reproduced in Argal physics laboratory (Cornaredo, ME) on a high degree of sampled COD (maximum scale value to the photometer <35.000 ppm) provided surprising results. Indeed, the electro-mechanical action of the Water Waste ST prototype with reading 1 minute 3 minutes, it has generated samples that have shown extraordinary results: all samples treated had a percentage of C.O.D.. lower than that of 125 mg / l, established by law. Even the 60% of the samples gave COD values lower than 10 mg / l (some 6mg / l). These results are unthinkable with filtration techniques, even the most modern subject of studies and patents. These results demonstrate how the Water Waste ST, alone, can solve the problem of chemical pollution of water, not only in Italy but throughout Europe. Indeed, if Water Waste ST was installed at the end of the production plants, before the purifiers, the problem of waste water would be almost eliminated.
The project team
Leading the team of researchers who gave life to the project is the Dr.. Umbro Sciamannini, Sole Director of CH.I.S.S. S.R.L., who has a long experience in the field of chemical and physical research. Dr.. Sciamannini, indeed, was Director of Research at the Department of Organic Chemistry of the Sapienza of Rome and Visiting Professor in the field of neuroscience at theUniversities of Cologne and Stuttgart. Appointed Manager at“Santa Maria” Hospital in Terni, he subsequently left public office to enter the private sector, where he assumed the position of Company Director, first at the FIS & DM and then at the Enproject Medicali s.r.l., where he made and marketed 12 hospital medical devices and patented several molecules of his creation at the Chemical abstract inventory service world database in the United States of America. The team of researchers is then composed of Dr.. Ubaldo Mastromatteo, graduated in physics and for forty years was Director of the Research and Development sector at the STMicroelectronics, developing innovative sensor technologies, microelectronics and nanotechnologies. In the years 2000 carried out a close research collaboration with Harvard laboratories, With e Berkley, as part of a program promoted by the Italian embassy to the United States of America. Rounding out the research team was the Dr.. Mario Biagioli, Biologist Manager at Santa Maria Terni Hospital and Director of the Laboratory of Chemical and Bacteriological Analysis.
The start-up is then assisted by the assistance of Gabriele Pace, Microsoft.NET framework developer 2.0, and the legal support provided by theLawyer. Jacopo Percario registered at the Rome bar.
The innovative startup its technology and competition
CH.I.S.S. S.R.L. has a very strong market position because it is part of a competitive context in which its technology is unparalleled. Indeed, CH.I.S.S. S.R.L. can achieve an advantage over its competitors within the industry by offering technology that delivers better results, at a lower price, but with a profit margin higher than the maximum level that the chemical purification sector can offer.
The potential Market of Water Waste ST
In general terms, and only as an example, to better understand the scope of the market portion in which CH.I.S.S.. S.R.L. fits, the companies which need the Water Waste ST system are: Waste water purification plants (N. 17897), Special waste disposal plants (N. 10813), Municipal waste disposal plants (N. 6463), Plastic production industry (N. 99094), Tanning industry (N. 12005), Paint industry (N.6006).
Based on the data provided by ISTAT (year 2018), the current annual costs for wastewater disposal and purification are as follows, calculated on the basis of average consumption, average size and type of industrial activity:
1) Chemical Analysis Laboratories 1 EUR million
2) Purifiers for special wastewater 2,5 EUR million
3) Plastic industry 3 million year EUR
4) Paint and solvent industry 5,5 EUR million
5) Oil industry 10 EUR million
The above average costs do not vary significantly according to the chemical / biological purification companies. It must be reported, indeed, that the latest generation plant that can be considered in competition with the one developed by CH.I.S.S.. S.R.L. is the Captive System project of the Politecnico di Milano. However, it develops a technology that is ontologically different and not innovative. Indeed, although the latter manages to decrease the presence of chemical elements in the water, it does not even come close to the results that can be obtained with the Water Waste ST system, it does not reduce costs for industries and above all it does not solve the problem of special sludge which then needs to be disposed of. The other companies operating in the purification sector, cannot compete with the CH.I.S.S. S.R.L. due to technological backwardness, lack of success in purification and very high costs for companies.
Indicative prices for scalable systems Water Waste ST
In this market context, CH.I.S.S. s.r.l. has managed, as mentioned, to develop an innovative technology, at competitive prices which are illustrated below:
1) For an activity that generates on average 1 ton of wastewater per day, comparable to what a food industry produces, agricoles O of the grain cereale, the production cost for the WaterWaste plant is € .18,000, to which is added the installation cost of € 600. The estimated selling price is € .56,000-64,000, with a saving for the purchasing company of about 90%, to which must be added the possibility of reusing water for irrigation by fully integrating the demands of the circular economy.
2) For an activity that generates on average 1100 liters of wastewater per day, comparable to what a chemical analysis laboratory produces, the production cost for the WaterWaste plant is € .26,000, to which is added the installation cost of € 600. The estimated selling price is €. 80,000-120,000, with a saving for the purchasing company of about 90%.
3) For an activity that generates on average 2 tons of waste per day, comparable to what a paint and solvent industry produces, the production cost for the WaterWaste plant is € 40,000, to which is added the installation cost of € .2.000. The estimated selling price is €. 150,000-180,000, with a saving for the purchasing company of about 95%.
4) For an activity that generates on average from 4 all 6 tons of waste per day, comparable to what a plastic industry produces, the production cost for the WaterWaste plant is € .65,000, to which is added the installation cost of € 3,500. The estimated selling price is € .300,000-350,000, with a saving for the purchasing company of about 90%.
5) For an activity that generates on average 10 tons of waste per day, comparable to what an oil industry produces, the production cost for the WaterWaste plant is € .200,000, to which is added the installation cost of € 3.0,000. The estimated selling price is €. 1,250,000, with savings for the purchasing company of about 89%.
6) For an activity that generates on average from 40 all 50 tons of waste per day, comparable to what the Purifiers for special wastewater produce, the production cost for the Water Waste ST plant is € .125,000, to which is added the installation cost of € .25,000. The estimated selling price is € .800.000, with a saving for the purchasing company of about 90%. It should be noted that the price difference for this type of plant is due to the lower need for wastewater purification.
As can be seen, the production cost varies according to the flow rate of the waste water to be purified. The factory cost is for a single device.
Innovation and benefits
The innovation of the start-up CH.I.S.S. S.R.L. it is therefore evident. Savings for companies are in almost every sector of the 90%, the profit margin on the single device is 300% and the actuator installation costs are low. There is no company on the market that can compete with Water Waste ST technology. There is no technology that is able to reduce the amount of harmful chemical elements present in water such as that developed by CH.I.S.S. S.R.L..
Ultimately, the Water Waste ST purifier has already been tested, therefore there are no technical difficulties as they are all overcome and the tests conducted demonstrate the absolute success of the innovation.
The last relevant data is that through the Water Waste ST all the environmental objectives prescribed by the Italian and European laws are achieved and opens a new path of wastewater purifiers that can be developed not only to purify water from chemical elements, but also from microplastics. Indeed, the technology used will allow, through laboratory studies that are being carried out, to intercept also other polluting elements that can be eliminated by Water Waste ST.