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NL | Schoonschip

The most sustainable floating neighbourhood in Europe, located in a former harbour and brownfield area. Young pioneers build their floating neighbourhood in the Johan van Hasseltkanaal, situated in the North of Amsterdam.

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people ANCHOR orange

 

115 IE(46 households on 30 arks)

 

 

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House ANCHOR orange

 

Floating boats

 

 

Geographical location: Dense urban

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Rain water EU blue

Rain water

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Drinking water Eu blue

Drinking water

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Grey water Eu blue

Grey water

RWH in some private households for HW purposes (toilet flushing). Rest of rainwater is discharged into surface water bodies.DW is produced in a centralised treatment facility using ground water and distributed to the neighbourhood. GW is separatly collected and transported to a mixed sewage system which is treated at a centralised WWTP.
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Black water Eu blue

Black water

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Food waste Eu blue

Food waste

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Energy Eu blue

Energy

BW is separatly collected and digested in a neighbourhood UASB-reactor. Than the Oland reactor (N removal)and at the end phosphate recovery (struvite).Standard centralised food waste management.A surface water heat exchanger is installed for the neighbourhood. The biogas from the UASB-reactor is reused for the digestor itself.