Projects

Federal State

Lower Saxony and Bremen

Project Title

WaterSafe - concept for improved cleaning of drinking water pipes

Project description

In two pig farms in three subsequent nursery periods animal health data, daily weight gain and treatments will be compared between two identical piglet rearing compartments. In one compartment the drinking water pipes will be cleaned prior to arrival of piglets by an innovative cleaning process. The cleaning process combines mechanical cleaning forces using a mobile flushing device equipped with a constant pressure system, with a new chemical cleaning concept. The cleaning substance is based on the synergistic interaction of vitamins, organic acids, metal ions and detergents, each of which attacking different target structures of pathogens. The process resulted in a strong antimicrobial efficacy and in destruction of extracellular nucleic acids (e.g. genes coding for resistance against antimicrobials). The effectiveness of the cleaning process will be verified by chemical and microbiological examination of  water pipe deposits prior to and after cleaning. The cost-effectiveness of the process will be evaluated by performance data, expenditure of time and material costs.

Final report

Results and the Final report will be found here, as soon as the project is completed.

Main funding source

Rural development 2014-2020 for Operational Groups (in the sense of Art 56 of Reg.1305/2013)

Project status

ongoing

Total budget applied for in EUR

89,793

Link 1

project website of EIP Lower Saxony

NUTS3 CODE

DE94F