The activities of SUA in the lab included the continuous cultivation and maintenance of the algae strains required for the technology’s core biological mixture. The team also developed a new sedimentation method to monitor algae biomass production.
SUA also continued to collaborate with 3 local dairy companies to ensure a consistent supply of dairy wastewater for ongoing validation tests.
Since 2025, SUA University Farm (SUA-UF) has joined actively the efforts of SUA to develop, test and verify the NENUPHAR technology of N and P recovery from dairy wastewater using algae.
After selection and analyses for background soil properties, preliminary field experiment was established with beetroot (Beta vulgaris L. var. conditiva Alef.) including 2 varieties – Bona and Betina Background soil samples were collected from the clay soil by both SUA and SUA-UF to establish baseline soil properties. Although the primary field application of the BBF was planned for the 2026 growing season, proactive steps were taken in M21 to initiate a preliminary field experiment. To gather early data on the effect of the BBF, the experimental site was prepared and sown with two varieties of beetroot (Beta vulgaris L. var. conditiva Alef.). The first application of the BBF in liquid form was realised. Maintenance during the early crop stages included irrigation, protective coverage, as well as manual weeding and soil structure maintenance to ensure optimal growing conditions. In the next step the analyses of soil properties and plant biomass will be done to be able to evaluate the effect of BBF application.
