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Reuse4Hos, ‘Solar powered wastewater treatment and reuse for hospitals’ is a joint research project from the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU) focussing on environmental technology and research, nature conservation and waste treatment.
3 partners from East Africa and European countries aim to develop and pilot a robust and cost-effective technology that enables decentralised treatment of hospital wastewater with a high share of renewable energy.
Discover Reuse4Hos
Project Head, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jan Hoinkis (second row from top, first position from left), Lord Mayor of Karlsruhe, Dr. Frank Mentrup (second row from bottom, second position from right), Technology Transfer Manager for economic development of Karlsruhe, Mrs. Andrea Buehler (second row from bottom, third position from right) and Regional Manager of Equator Solar Ltd., Mr. Fabian Dold (third row from bottom, first position from right) with Exceutive Director of Lubaga Hospital, Dr. Andrew Ssekitooleko (first row from bottom, third position from right) and his team of staff members in Kampala during a 2019 delegation trip 
Concept of Reuse4Hos 
Dr. Mary Suzan Abbo, Managing Director of CREEC (first position from left) and CREEC interns meeting Project Head, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jan Hoinkis (center position) 
Solar panels being installed to power the wastewater treatment plant based under its roof 
Chief Technical Officer of Equator Solar, Mr. Steffen Wassler (first position from left, below) with his team of technicians and Head Engineer of Lubaga Hospital, Mrs. Specioza Nakaseeta (standing second position from right) after successful installation of the solar panels 
Team of technicians and engineers from Equator Solar and Lubaga Hospital with Head Engineer of Lubaga Hospital, Mrs. Specioza Nakaseeta (third position from left)
Hospitals are one of the major sources of pharmaceutical residues like drugs, their metabolites and multi-drug resistant germs. Significant traces of these pharmaceutical residues make hospital wastewater particularly problematic than municipal wastewater. Identified as a severe concern, inadequate treatment of hospital wastewater is addressed in Kampala’s Lubaga hospital by adopting the membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology.
Innovative core of the project ‘Reuse4Hos’ is to develop and pilot a robust and cost-effective technology that enables decentralised treatment of hospital wastewater with a high share of renewable energy. Combination of MBR technology and activated carbon (GAC) treatment is used to build an autonomous system powered by solar photovoltaics.
Workshop and Training Session
30th March 2022, Wednesday