Regeneration of irrigation water and reuse of runoff and ...Sudanell Vilanova de la Barca Bellvís Location Study. Implementation Actions: Prototype’s Design and Build Up Supported

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Regeneration of irrigation water

and reuse of runoff and drainage water

in agricultural plots by constructed wetlands

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Independent consulting company in the

fields of civil engineering, building

technology and environment.

Technological Centre that focuses its

activity on research, development

and innovation (R+D+i).

Promote an integrated networking

of research, training, information

and documentation activities

Consortium

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https://vimeo.com/163560028





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La producció de fertilizants -

recursos finits o energia afegida

menjar

Flux de materials + aigua

potable pel transport

sense tractament

disposició d’aigües

residualsfang

sobreexplotació d’aigües

subterrànies

Material Linear Flow

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”Closing the loops” – Closing the Circles

restauració de la

fertilitat del sol

reutilización del agua cap disposició de

residus

aprofitament aigües

pluvials

comida

residus

orgànics

excrementos

orina

aigües grises

us agrícola

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Nitrates in surface waters - Europe (2000)

VULNERABLE AREAS FOR NITRATES:

41,4 % area from EU27

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Annual cost of damages caused by reactive nitrogen throughout Europe are higher

than US $ 100 million, more than double the income obtained with the use of N

fertilizers in European agriculture.

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Treat and reuse irrigation and runoff water from agricultural parcels, using a combinedsystem of appropriate natural technologies: constructed wetlands and buffer strips.

LIFE REAGRITECH (2013-2015)

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Reducció de contaminants amb l’us de tractaments naturals

LIFE REAGRITECH (2013-2015)

1) Aiguamolls Construits amb grava i suro

2) Buffer strips, amb vegetació riparia autòctona

Tractament del drenatge i aigua d’escorrentia agrícola.

Disminució de la quantitat de contaminants que arriben a les aigües.

Study of Potential Alternative Sites

Supported by

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Application Scenarios:

• Plot of transformation to irrigated land

• Plot with flood irrigation

Location characteristics:

• Declared Vulnerable area by nitrates

• Adjacent to the river course

• On alluvial aquifer associated to the river course

• River subsurface water at shallow depth

• Herbaceous crop


Location Study

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Plot MunicipalityAvailable

AreaLand Slope Accessibility Location Total

P1 Sudanell 1 2 0 1 4



P1 Vilanova de la Barca 0 0 0 0 0





P6 Bellvís 0 0 0 0 0

P7 Termens 1 1 2 0 4



P10 Bellvís 1 2 2 1 6

A multicriteria assessment has been performed in order to select the parcels of land where the prototypes would be installed

Location Study

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Plot of transformation to irrigated land - Canal Segarra-Garrigues

Location Study

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Plot with flood Irrigation. Canals de Urgell

Location Study

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Final selected plots

Transformation to irrigationFlood Irrigation

Sudanell

Vilanova de la Barca

Bellvís

Location Study

Implementation Actions:

Prototype’s Design and Build Up

Supported by

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LIFE11 ENV/ES/579Prototype’s Design and Build Up

Figure 1. Demonstrative pilot system in REAGRITECH for agriculture drainage treatment and river basin recovery.

Treated water

deposit

Agricultural plot

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND

BUFFER STRIP

To plot irrigation

To recharge the aquifer

Treated water recirculation

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Agricultural

Plot

Buffer

StripRive

r


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Agricultural

Plot

Buffer

StripRiver

Irrigation

Water uptake from

piezometers

Mobile Constructed WetlandPrototype’s Design and Build Up

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Piezometer Installation


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Piezometer Installation


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Pumps & piezometric sensors installation


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VF – SubS Vertical Flow

VH – SubS Horizontal Flow

BS – Buffer Strip

AP – Agricultural Plot

R – River

– Pump

– Electrovalve

– Sumersible pump

– Water counter– Direction of flow out

– Direction of flow in

– Water filter

M – Multiparameter Water

Quality Meter

Pz – Piezometer

ST – Sedimentation Tank In – Inlet Tank

Out – Outlet Tank

AP

R

VF

In

Out

HFST

Pz

M

BS

750 l d -1 / 10 mg l -1 N-nitrates


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Elaboración propia




Open Top Container


Waterproofing


VF

VF water collection

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VF


Granular Media: cork

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Cork

Gravel

SudanellHCW_A 1.10 x 3.55

16 mm Cork

BellvisVCW. 2.35x2.35

Granular Cork 16 mm

HCW. 2.35x3.55

Granular Cork 3-7 mm

SudanellVCW. 2.35x2.35. Fine Gravel 3-5 mm

HCW_B. 1.10 x 3.55. Gravel 25-40 mm

Vilanova de la BarcaVCW. 2.35x2.35. Fine Gravel 3-5 mm

HCW. 2.35x3.55. Gravel 25-40 mm



Water Distribution

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Parcela Sudanell Vilanova Bellvis

Humedal 1 2 3 1 2 1 2

Tipo FV FHSS FHSS FV FHSS FV FHSS

Área (m2)* 5.50 3.80 3.80 5.50 8.10 5.50 8.10

Phragmites 22 16 16 22 32 32 32

Plantation with Phragmites australis



Sedimentation

Tank

Pump System

Control

System


Pump System


Domotic Control System

Control Unit


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Monitoring: Multiparametric Probe Exo-1



Real Time Information


Energy System


Vegetated Roof


Vegetated Wall


Sudanell

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BellvísSudanell Vilanova

Buffer Strip – Reforestation


Sudanell Vilanova Bellvís

Reforestation Area 102m2 285m2 297m2

Tree Species Salix alba, Fraxinus sp, Populus nigra Salix alba, Fraxinus sp, Populus nigra Salix alba, Fraxinus sp,, Populus nigra

Shrub species Tamarix sp, Sambucus sp Tamarix sp, Sambucus sp Tamarix sp, Sambucus sp

Significant Alteration

Intermediate Quality (QBR Index 57)

Strong Alteration

Bad Quality (QBR Index 42)

Strong Alteration

Bad Quality (QBR Index 32)


Removal of invasive plants: Arundo donax control

Irrigation during summer

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Adaptación propia a partir de

Ministerio de Agricultura

Alimentación y Medio Ambiente,

2012, p. 67 Elaboración propia a partir de Google Maps, 2016

Validation of the Prototype

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Sudanell


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Vilanova de la Barca


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Bellvis – Els Arcs


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Bellvis

Without Cork

Sudanell

With Cork

Lleida

Environment

10ºC


Inner temperature (Cº) difference between plots with and without cork.

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MONITORING Q

No Sc Operation Σ W Ind W L Te L Re On Off Total Off l/min

0 0Ninguna desde 20:25 hr D-1 hasta

reset de contadores698

1 41 Reset contadores --- --- --- --- 07:00:07 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

2 5 Muestra HH_OUT - Mañana 10 10 33 35 07:00:23 07:01:26 00:01:03 1 00:00:00 00:01:03 1 0.05 33.33

3 7 Vaciado HH_OUT a Street 105 95 325 334 07:01:40 07:12:25 00:10:45 1 00:00:00 00:10:45 10 0.75 31.07

4 3 Muestra Pre #2 - Mañana 117 12 33 35 07:12:48 07:14:07 00:01:19 1 00:00:00 00:01:19 1 0.32 26.58

5 12 Llenar HV_IN desde Pre #2 202 85 380 251 07:14:33 07:24:56 00:10:23 1 00:00:00 00:10:23 10 0.38 24.17

6 24 Riego HV 228 26 251 07:25:22 07:38:03 00:12:41 2 00:01:00 00:11:41 11 0.68 21.48

228 0 251 07:25:22 07:38:03 00:12:41 1 00:00:00 00:12:41 12 0.68 19.79

7 4 Muestra HV_OUT 239 11 33 35 07:38:25 07:39:24 00:00:59 1 00:00:00 00:00:59 0 0.98 35.59

8 8 Llenar HH_IN desde HV_OUT 358 119 251 280 07:39:43 07:57:00 00:17:17 1 00:00:00 00:17:17 17 0.28 16.20

9 26 Riego HH 390 32 280 07:57:32 08:11:47 00:14:15 1 00:00:00 00:14:15 14 0.25 19.65

390 0 280 07:57:32 08:11:47 00:14:15 1 00:00:00 00:14:15 14 0.25 19.65

10 5 Muestra HH_OUT - Tarde 402 12 33 35 08:12:08 08:13:42 00:01:34 1 00:00:00 00:01:34 1 0.57 22.34

12 18 Ingresar agua de Piezó 402 0

19 451 49 1000 785 08:13:59 08:57:17 00:43:18 1 00:00:00 00:43:18 43 0.30 18.13

20 451 0

38 451 0

11 0Ninguna al terminar ciclo y hasta

tomar Muestra Pre #2 - Tarde451 0

13 3 Muestra Pre #2 - Tarde 451 0

14 0 Ninguna (hasta las 20:25 hr) 1196 745

1894 2852 2:20:30 0:01:00 2:19:30

Ciclocompletodeprototipo.Lasoperacionesdemovimientodeaguaentredepósitosyderiegodehumedalessehicieronmanualmetealnoestar

funcionandolosSmindeHV_INyHH_IN.

V7 10/10/16 AG-LT Cicle TimeTurn

On Off

Real

On


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Bellvis Cork Pilot Plant – NO3- mg L-1

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

Mar Apr May Jun July August September October November December

ST

VF_OUT

HSSF_OUT

HF gravel wetland:

62-98% Removal

Removal Rate: 1.47 g/d/m2


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VALIDATION SCENARIOS

WITHOUT BUFFER STRIP WITH BUFFER STRIP

750 L 1500 L 2000 L

IRRIGATION SURFACE 300 m2

750 L 2000 L

10 mg

20 mg

30 mg

10 mg

20 mg

30 mg

10 mg

20 mg

30 mg

10 mg

20 mg

30 mg

10 mg

20 mg

30 mg

10 YEARS

PILOT PLANT CW PILOT PLANT CW

Hydrogeological Transport Modelling

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COMPARATIVE 750l WITHOUT AND WITH BS (20 mg/l)


Buffer Strip presence is essential,

as a complementary system to

improve the groundwater quality.

If greater flow is added to the

medium with low nitrate

concentration, groundwater

quality is improved and the

affected area is reduced.

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MODELLING TO RIVER BASIN SCALE


LIFE11 ENV/ES/579Environmental Impact Assessment

Carbon Footprint (kg CO2 eq.) Constructed Wetland Piezometer

Construction 3,54 0,61

Operation 3,16 0,65

% 84,2% 15,8 %

Carbon Footprint

7,96 kg CO2 eq. p unit

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Value Ecosystem service Assessment Methodology

Direct use

values

Water reuseWater price for irrigation 0.12€/m3

Flow reused.

Nitrogen contribution as fertilizerConventional fertilizer price 2.5€/KgN

Effluent concentration.

Recreational values27.06€/person/year

Potential users.

Indirect use

values

Water treatment

Socio - environmental cost of nitrates 24€/Kg NO3-

Amount of NO3- removed.

Environmental benefit of contaminants

Removed amounts.

Employment opportunities

5.74€/Ha/Year

Restored area.

1,139.24€/Wetland/Year

Number of wetlands.

CO2 captureCarbon capture of 7.5T CO2-eq/Ha/Year

Emission right price 7.68 €/T CO2-eq

Non-use values

Existence values32.6€/Ha/Year

Restored area.

Remaining non-use values5,32€/Person/Year

Population.

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Aplication to Corb River Basin

Main Economic Activity – Agriculture

Water Irrigation Channels: Urgell / Segarra-Garrigues

85 % Surface Affected by Diffuse Pollution (nitrates)

Concentration Nitrates: 50-100 mg/L

Scale Up: Technical Feasibility

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Scale Up: Scheme of the Type Treatment System

Treatment Area: 1.450 m2

52,3 % Constructed wetland

3,3 % infiltration

14,7 % Buffer Strip


Nitrates Conc. : 50 – 100 mg/l

Removal Rate: 80-85 %

Flow: 15600 m3/year (43 m3/d)

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78 plots - Total Area: 20,4 Ha (Net Area CW: 5,8 Ha)

Flow: 1,18 Hm3/year

Vegetated Strips: 33 km

Removal Nitrates

82 Tn/year


Scale Up: Aplication to Corb River Basin

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Scale Up: Plot Selection Procedures

Available AreaTreatment Capacity

Construction CostsTotal Economic Value

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Group Aspect Quantity of €

Evaluation of Ecosystem

Services

Water reuse 113,395 €/year

Contribution of nitrogen as fertilizer 6,681 €/year

Recreational values 564,561 €/year

Water treatment 448,428 €/year

Employment opportunities 88,131 €/year

CO2 capture 1,893 €/year

Value of existence 1,157 €/year

Remaining non – use values 369,976 €/year

System Costs

Fixed Cost of Wetland operation 492,937 €/year

Variable Costs 4,720 €/year

TOTAL COSTS 497.657 €/Year

Cost of wetlands investment 8,560,000 €

Restoration investment Cost 1,700,000 €

SPECIFIC COST 0,42 €/m3

Scale Up: Economic Feasibility

Environmental benefits 1.594.224 €/year

Total Costs 497.657 €/year

Net Benefits 1.096.567 €/year

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Perception Survey


Perception Survey

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ConsumidorComunidad

localSociedad

Technology developers

Actores cadena valor

Diseño 0 0 1,2 1,03 0,35 2,58

Fabricación 0 0 0,42 0,12 0,12 0,66

Comercialización

1,2 0,8 1,3 0,8 0,37 3,67

Uso 1,5 1,2 2,3 1,5 0,9 7,4

Fin de vida 0,75 0,4 1,9 0,5 0,6 4,15

3,45 1,6 7,12 3,95 2,34

Tabla 9: Impactos del total de cada fase en cada categoría de implicados. Elaboración propia.

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Gráfica 2: Impactos por categoría de implicados.

0 2 4 6 8

Diseño

Fabricación

Comercialización

Uso

Fin de vida

Gráfica 3: Impactos por fase del ciclo de vida.

Social Impact Assessment

How to increase

performance?

Promoting Use and

Marketing phase

More benefit to society

as a whole than to the

local community

Higher positive impact

Use Phase

Processes related to high added value and environment improvement are the

most influential:

Avoided water consumption / Reused Water / New materials / Materials Valorization

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Video

Digital Brochure

RollupWeb Page

Linkedin

Dissemination Tasks

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Programa Openday en Vilanova de la Barca

Escuela participante: Escola Mestral - ZER Argelaga

Dirección: C/ Major, 1. 25690 Vilanova de la Barca

Profesor encargado: Antonieta Castellà

Grupos participantes: Alumnos de 5º y 6º

Openday

Dissemination Tasks

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21 June at 19:30 hours - La 2 de TVE.

Professor: Dr. Jordi Morató.

Reporter: Luisa Gil

Link: http://www.rtve.es/television/tinc-una-idea/

Participation in a TV Program “Tinc una idea: Economia Circular”

After Life Communication / Tasks

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10-12th May

Tallinn, Estonia.

Professor: Dr. Jordi Morató presented the projects REAGRITECH and Ecorkwaste in the framework of this conference.

LIFE VivaGrass: http://vivagrass.eu/costing-the-earth/

Deliverables: REAGRITECH Poster and Ecorkwaste presentation

Ecosystem Services Platform meeting

“COSTING THE EARTH? Conference


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Agreement with: Robert Savé, Carme Biel, IRTA

Period: 2017-2019

Continuation of the project in IRTA Torre Marimon


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Agreement

with:

Tecnicafe Park –

UNIVALLE -

UNICAUCA

Period: 2017-2020

Objective: Guarantee the

replicability of the

REAGRITECH Project

and Vulnerability

analysis and

implementation of

early warning systems

for water supply in the

Cauca Department.

Deliverables

:

Publication in peer-

review journal.

Continuation of the project in Popayan, Colombia


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Cisco de Café

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and reuse of runoff and drainage water

in agricultural plots by constructed wetlands

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