DAY 3“2nd EVENT WATER RURAL SUPPLIES”
Abegondo, 18th june 2014 (9:30 to 20:00)
City Hall Abegondo
SUMMER COURSE UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA
“DRINKING WATER: NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN RURAL AND RESERVOIRS”
A Coruña (Spain), 16th - 19th june 2014
C/ San Marcos, 1 - 15318 Abegondo (A Coruña) - SPAIN
WENSDAY 18TH JUNE 2014
9:30h. WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION OF THE EVENTJ. Antonio Santiso – Mayor of Abegondo – Coordinator Life Rural Supplies
10:00h. PRESENTATION OF THE PROJECT “LIFE RURAL SUPPLIES” - Carlos Ameijenda – Project Manager Life Rural Supplies - Concello de Abegondo
11:00h. WATER SAFETY PLANS AND CHALLENGES FOR APPLICATION IN SMALL SUPPLIES (VIDEO CONFERENCE) – Margarita Palau - Jefe del Área de Calidad Sanitaria de las Aguas - Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad
12:00h. MANAGEMENT OF MAIN PRESSURE ON RURAL WATER SUPPLIES SUPPLIES: GOOD FARMING PRACTICES AND ONSITE DOMESTIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT – Juan Castro Ínsua – Investigador del Centro de Investigaciones Agrarias de
Mabegondo (CIAM) – Consellería do Medio Rural e do Mar
13:00h. POTENTIAL HEALTH PROBLEMS OF DRINKING WATERS IN RURAL SUPPLIES: CURRENT PROBLEMS - Francisco Díaz Fierros – Catedrático Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
16:00h. EMERGING PROBLEMS: CRYPTOSPORIDIUM and GIARDIA - José Antonio Castro Hermida – Investigador CIAM
17:00h. WATER PURIFICATION SYSTEMS IN ISOLATED RURAL AREASDavid Prieto – S.C.A. ALIMENTYA, S.L.
18:00h. IMPROVING COMPLIANCE ON SMALL PRIVATELY SOURCED SCHEMES IN IRELAND‐ (VIDEO CONFERENCE)Brian Mac Domhnaill. Research & Evaluation Officer of National Federation of Group Water Schemes (Ireland)
19:00h. ADMINISTRATIVE FOCUS OF WATER SERVICES IN RURAL AREASAdrián Marquez. Secretario del Ayuntamiento de Abegondo
20:00h. CLOSING OF THE EVENTRoberto Arias Sánchez – Subdirector xeral Augas de Galicia
Ángel Gómez Amorín – Subdirector xeral Consellería de Sanidade
Action E.6: “Networking with other projects: Water rural supplies' events”
LIFE12 ENV/ES/000557
ec.europa.eu/environment/life/
CONTACT:
Ana Vázquez – email: [email protected] - Teléfono: +34 981 167 000 – Ext: 5461
Silvia Fernández – email: [email protected] - Teléfono: +34 981 167 000 – Ext: 5415
Isabel Eiriz - email: [email protected] - Teléfono: +34 981 669 541
Carlos Ameijenda - email: [email protected] - Teléfono: +34 981 647 909 – Ext: 128
ruralsupplies.eu
Currently in Galicia 650,000 people consume water through autonomous solutions. In this region, the
technical and economic feasibility of centralized infrastructures is severely limited by factors such as
distance from highly populated area or the enormity of the investment needed to undertake them.
Alternatively, there is the in-depth analysis of autonomous systems (developed spontaneously in
response to the historic shortcomings of local administration) in connection with its impact on the
environment (sometimes positive, sometimes not) and on the costs of services water.
The main objetive of LIFE RURAL SUPPLIES is to strengthen the sustainability of water supplies in
scattered rural communities that lack clean water. This will be achieved by following the next 4 goals
in an ordely fashion:
(1) Determine the most appropriate technical solutions in the uptake, distribution and subsequent
treatment of groundwater consumed from wells and springs.
(2) Test autonomous facilities in rural housing to reduce the enviromental impact of domestic
wastewater.
(3) Validate Water Safety Plans (WSP) as a tool to improve the security of supply.
(4) Define a feasible model of recovering cost for autonomous water services in rural areas,
encouraging the efficient use of water resources.
To do so, with the help of the European Commission, Augas of Galicia, the Ministry of Health and the
city of Abegondo intend to develop innovative and practical actions that improve the capabilities of
the local population in provision of non-centralized water supply services and sanitation systems.
Biosphere Reserve " Marinas Coruñesas and Terras do Mandaean " promoted by the Association of
Rural Desenvolvement " Mariñas - Betanzos ", adopted by UNESCO within the MAB Programme in
May 2013, covers a total of 113,970 ha. and a population of 189,902 inhabitants ( in 2011 ) across 17
municipalities in the province of A Coruña, Galicia – Spain: Abegondo, Aranga, Arteixo, Bergondo,
Betanzos, Cambre, Carral, Coirós, Culleredo, Curtis, Irixoa, Miño, Oleiros, Oza - Cesuras, Paderne,
Sada and Sobrado.
One of the priorities of the Management Plan "Mariñas Coruñesas and Terras do Mandeo" (2013-
2017) is the improvement of the people's life quality, promoting good practices in the water supply in
rural communities.
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