NURSECOAST-II Business Models Hub

Seasonal tourism can put significant pressure on coastal wastewater treatment systems – but it can also be a driver of innovation.

The NURSECOAST-II project has just published its Business Models Hub, a practical guide for municipalities, water utilities, investors, and technology providers working on small-scale and decentralised wastewater treatment solutions in tourism-intensive regions across the Baltic Sea area.

The Hub brings together investor guidance, technology provider maps, overviews of funding programmes, and documented stakeholder matchmaking – all focused on small-scale treatment plants serving up to 2,000 population equivalents (PE).

Three key takeaways for decision-makers:

• Small wastewater treatment plants need solutions that can tolerate significant fluctuations in load, rather than solutions designed only to perform well under stable design conditions.
• Financing needs to be considered alongside technology selection, as the target users are often small municipalities, utilities, or tourism facilities with limited investment capacity.
• Replication requires trust-building: project experience has shown that decentralised national and bilateral engagement can be more effective than a single centralised matchmaking event.

Find out more on the NURSECOAST-II project website: https://lnkd.in/d_dHwcjX