INDIA WATER WEEKINDIA WATER WEEKInternational International

ConferenceConferenceDelhi, 8th –12th of Delhi, 8th –12th of AprilApril 2013 2013

ORAL COMMUNICATION

Re-use of wastewater Re-use of wastewater in agricultural in agricultural

production schemes in production schemes in Southern SpainSouthern Spain

INDIA WATER WEEKDelhi, 10th of April 2013

Water scarcity in the worldWater scarcity in the world

Water scarcity and agricultureWater scarcity and agriculture

Water and agriculture:• Safe and economic wastewater treatment• Direct use of water and nutrients• Irrigation in agriculture (fertigation)• Minimal O&M costs• Based on the results of PURATREAT and WACOSYS

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Water scarcity and agricultureWater scarcity and agriculture

A comprenhensive assessment of Water Management in agriculture:Question: Is there enough land, water, and human capacity to produce food for a growing population over the next 50 years—or will we “run out” of water?The Comprehensive Assessment’s answer: It is possible to produce the food—but it is probable that today’s food production and environmental trends, if continued, will lead to crises in many parts of the world. Only if we act to improve water use in agriculture will we meet the acute freshwater challenges facing humankind over the coming 50 years.

Water scarcity and agricultureWater scarcity and agriculture

A comprenhensive assessment of Water Management in agriculture:Question: Which efforts are necessary to provide fresh water ?The Comprehensive Assessment’s answer: The efforts depend on the technology used:1.Seawater desalination: energy demand 7 – 12 kWh/m³, generation of brines with high salt concentration (waste disposal problem!), usually large centralised units,2.Decentralised MBR technology: energy demand <1 … 3 kWh/m³, generation of surplus sludge with high organic matter and nutrient content (fertiliser + soil conditioner!), tailor made systems.

TREAT&USE project overview – ConceptTREAT&USE project overview – Concept

TREAT&USE system:• Safe and economic wastewater treatment• Direct use of water and nutrients• Irrigation in agriculture (fertigation)• Minimal O&M costs• Based on the results of PURATREAT and WACOSYS

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TREAT&USE project overview – ConceptTREAT&USE project overview – Concept

TREAT&USE project overview – TREAT&USE project overview – PURATREATPURATREAT

PURATREAT project:• Development of low energy MBR prototypes ( -90%)• Focused on Southern Mediterranean countries (water stress)• Comparison of three leading membrane technologies

TREAT&USE project overview – TREAT&USE project overview – PURATREATPURATREAT

TREAT&USE project overview – WACOSYSTREAT&USE project overview – WACOSYS

WACOSYS project:• Develop, test and optimize a wastewater irrigation system• Combined sensor-detector dosage system• Monitoring, control and distribution units• Dosing of the wastewater according to the crop demand• Short rotation plantations (Poplars)

TREAT&USE project overview – WACOSYS (plantation TREAT&USE project overview – WACOSYS (plantation Granada)Granada)

TREAT&USE project overview – Modular TREAT&USE project overview – Modular approachapproach

TREAT&USE project overview – TREAT&USE project overview – ObjectivesObjectives

Overall objectives:• Provide a safe, technological solution for reusing wastewater in agricultural production• Taking advantage of the huge potential of wastewater resources in water scarce regions in the Mediterranean Basin for fertigation purposes• Development of an approach which allows 100% reuse of wastewater and a 70% recovery of nutrients• Uptake of PURATREAT and WACOSYS results and develop a pre-commercial treatment and reuse prototype for direct market application in agriculture

TREAT&USE project overview – Innovation from the TREAT&USE project overview – Innovation from the pastpast

TREAT&USE:• Upscale MBR and adapt it to requirements of municipal wastewater (tailor made effluent)• Irrigation on food crops• Pre-commercial prototype unit

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TREAT&USE project overview – Work TREAT&USE project overview – Work PackagesPackages

Work package 1: Assessment of the TREAT&USE system requirements

WP leader: TTZ

Work package 2: Design of the system modules for TREAT&USE

WP leader: HYDRO

Work package 3: Prototype construction and initial test phase

WP leader: BIOAZ

Work package 4: Test site preparation

WP leader: SMSWork package 5: Implementation, on site performance, analysis and adaptation of the system

WP leader: HYDRO

Work package 6: Overall evaluation of the system

WP leader: TTZ

Work package 7: Exploitation and commercialization

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The NaWaTech concept

• Natural water systems and treatment technologies to cope with water shortages in urbanized areas in India. • Projects respond to the call ENV.2012.6.6-1: EU -India

cooperation in water technology and management and to the corresponding call of the Department of Science & Technology in India. The planned activities support the objectives of the Strategic Forum for International Science and Technology Cooperation (SFIC). • Aims at maximizing the explotation of natural and compact

technical systems and processes for the effective management of municipal water resources of water supply and sanitation services, and of the municipal water cycle as a whole in urbanized areas of India.

The NaWaTech concept

• The NaWaTech concept is based on the optimised use of different urban water flows by means of a multi-barrier approach. Taking into account the different nature and degree of pollution, each water flow is managed, treated and reused individually, supplementing traditional water sources to cope with shortages in Indian urban settlements.

The NaWaTech concept

Blackwater and greywater (as separated streams or mixed) can be treated through the combination of an anaerobic process (producing energy and biogas) plus Constructed Wetlands (CW) or treated through aerobic technical water treatment systems (SBR or MBR). In both cases the effluent can be either discharged to the surface waters or reused in urban agriculture or landscaping. Stormwater can be collected and pre-treated in CW before it is filtered through the soil and stored in the aquifer. Rainwater can be collected on rooftops and parking lots and used in the households or fed into the aquifer.

In addition, a cost-effective and viable post-treatment option can be developed based on different steps depending on the use to be given to the stream, and therefore water quality requirements. The different systems will be integrated into the urban scene providing additional socio-economic functions, including flood management, buffering of seasonal availability of water and recreational space for the urban dwellers. This holistic approach will minimize the urban water footprint and enhance the water security of the area, as the water cycle is closed at a local level. It also minimizes the pollution of water sources for downstream users.

NaWaTech Objetives

The specific objectives of NaWaTech are: To assess the technical, financial and environmental potential of

natural water treatment technologies to cope with water shortages in urbanised areas in India.

To enhance the natural water treatment systems for the production of recycled water to supplement water sources considering extreme climatic conditions and highly varying pollutions loads.

To disseminate, exploit, and ensure the take-up in practice and mainstreaming of NaWaTech activities and outputs by key stakeholders.

To benefit Indian and European SMEs in the water sector, by supporting the development of a local market forinnovative water treatment technologies, and training the SMEs on the NaWaTech approach.

To create an enabling environment in order to allow the take-up in practice and mainstreaming of the results.

To establish foundations of a long-term cooperation between EU and India in water technologies.

NaWaTech consortium

1. TTZ - TTZ Bremerhaven, RTD, Germany – EU Project Coordinator

2. seecon - Seecon International GmbH, PYME, Switzerland3. BOKU - Universität Fuer Bodenkultur Wien, RTD, Austria4. UPC - Universitat Politéctnica de Catalunya, RTD, Spain5. BioAzul - BIOAZUL SL, PYME, Spain6. IRIDRA - IRIDRA SRL, PYME, Italy7. Kre_Ta - Kretschmer und Tauscher GbR, PYME, Germany8. ESF - Ecosan Services Foundation, association, India9. NEERI - National Envitonmental Engineering and Research

Institute, RTD, India – Indian Project Coordinator10. IWWA - Indian Water Works Association, association, India11. SERI - Shrishti eco-research Institute, RTD, India12. VEIPL - Viraj Envirozing India Pvt. Limited, PYME, India13. MJP - Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikara, local coorporation,

India14. PMC - Pune Minicipal Cooperation, local coorporation, India

• Development and marketing of innovative products and technologies for wastewater treatment.• Technological consultancy, acting as catalist and promotor of R&D&i applied projects.

Engineering and technological consultancy focused on environmental issues (water and energy), with two interconnected business areas:

BIOAZUL : the company the company R&D&i intensive SME, experienced multidisciplinar team in R&D&i applied and industrial projects.

BIOAZUL SBR systems are compact, state-of-the art sewage treatment systems that use 100% natural processes to decontaminate and clean sewage water to recyclable standards.

BIOAZUL SBR systems carry out complete sewage treatment in three stages:

• Solid separation• Buffer chamber• SBR chamber

BIOBIOAZUL SBRAZUL SBR

• Easily adaptable to existing systems • Easy maintenance and reparation• Low energy consumption• ECO mode for seasonal periods

BIOBIOAZULAZUL SBR: advantages vs other SBR: advantages vs other systemssystems

• Less space requirement• High removal efficiency• Low sludge generation• Low visual impact•High stability against load fluctuations• Remote monitoring and control

SBR: 4 PE and 50 PE SBR systems in CENTA (Seville), SpainSBR: 4 PE and 50 PE SBR systems in CENTA (Seville), Spain

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control unit

Evaluation test for urban wastewater treatment technologies carried out by

Fundación centro de las nuevas tecnologías del agua (CENTA)

SBR: systems removal efficiencySBR: systems removal efficiency

BIOAZUL MBR systems are compact, state-of-the art sewage treatment systems that use membrane technology to decontaminate and clean sewage water to recyclable standards.

BIOAZUL MBR systems carry out complete sewage treatment following the next steps:

• Solids screening and separation• Biological oxidation• Filtration

BIOAZUL MBR

MBR: application in winery “Holstein” (Kindenheim), MBR: application in winery “Holstein” (Kindenheim), GermanyGermany

•Type of application: Industrial effluent from a winery (approx. 10 PE)• Footprint: 1.50 m²• Membrane type: Flat sheet Ultrafiltration    • Filtration surface: 7 m²• cut-off: 0.04 µm• Flow: 900 liters/hour• Transmembrane pressure: 80 mbar• Energy consumption: 0.98 kWh/m³ Allowed for all kind of industries

MBR: Bioazul’s mobile fully automated MBR pilot MBR: Bioazul’s mobile fully automated MBR pilot plant for water treatment and reuse (250 PE plant for water treatment and reuse (250 PE treatment capacity)treatment capacity)

MBR: application in campgropund Fornella (Garda MBR: application in campgropund Fornella (Garda Lake), ItalyLake), Italy

MBR: application in campgropund Las Lomas MBR: application in campgropund Las Lomas (Granada), Spain(Granada), Spain

MBR: application in a 5 Star hotel/resort, Golden MBR: application in a 5 Star hotel/resort, Golden Sands, MaltaSands, Malta

LODOred: red: The sustainable solution The sustainable solution

• Surplus sludge reducer• Biomass purification efficiency enhancer • Biological process stabilizer• 100 % Biodegradable• No hazardous compounds• Thorough production quality control

LODOred: red: DescriptionDescription

• Biological wastewater treatment plants• Municipal wastewater treatment plants• Industrial wastewater treatment plants• Tailor made recipe for special applications• Analysis of technical and economical viability• More than 50 successful applications all over Europe

LODOred: red: Fields of applicationFields of application

• Reduction of surplus sludge up to 40%

• Increased biological efficiency and plant resilience

• Compact floc structure improving sedimentation properties and sludge dewatering

•Reduction of polymer consumption fro sludge dewatering by 30 % • Ingredients of food industry grade - no chemical pollutants added to the sludge

• Sludge can be applied as fertilizer in agriculture

LODOred: effectsred: effects

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