SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation

Last modified: 09. November 2024

2.1. Water reuse policy

MATE’ unified policy to maximise water reuse across the university is under development and is scheduled for release next year. Each campus has its own internal rules on this.

Recovery of waste water at the Kaposvár Campus

Only legally compliant wastewater, sewage sludge and sewage sludge compost may be used on agricultural land. This means that the Kaposvár Campus cannot use its own wastewater, but can use the material from the municipal wastewater treatment plant for soil improvement. The agricultural use of wastewater, sewage sludge and sewage sludge compost is authorised by the soil protection authority for a maximum period of 5 years.

• Sewage sludge may not be stored on land. Only the quantity of sewage sludge that can be used and processed immediately may be transported to the agricultural area designated for use.
• The sewage sludge shall be applied below the surface of the soil or, in the case of surface application, shall be worked immediately after siltation. The sewage sludge compost shall be applied immediately after surface application.
• The use of sewage, sewage sludge shall be prohibited for the cultivation of vegetable crops and fruit in contact with the soil and in the preceding year. For other crops it may be used outside the growing season or between harvest and the next sowing.

(In: Environmental Instructions - Környezetvédelmi Utasítás, Kaposvári Campus, p. 15)