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Torre Marimón

Torre Marimón

Research on water reuse for agricultural practices

Torre Marimón

Torre Marimón

Research on water reuse for agricultural practices
Torre Marimón

Torre Marimón

Research on water reuse for agricultural practices

Torre Marimón

Torre Marimon, located next to the municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) from Caldes de Montbui (Catalonia, Spain), constitutes an excellent site for the water reuse activities since it presents experimental fields and greenhouses where different types of vegetables can be grown and nutrients and contaminants can be followed through the crop-soil-water system. Besides, in Torre Marimon there are also specific facilities for doing specific research in livestock production, in particular with ruminant livestock.

The applications for reuse will include, on the one side various applications in farms (such as cleaning, cooling etc.) and, on the other side, non-restricted irrigation, which is an urgent requirement due to water shortage. The water reuse schemes used in the site will be:

  • Secondary treated effluent from the WWTP Caldes de Montbui plus different low cost disinfection treatments (1 m3/d) for several uses in farms.
  • Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor for unrestricted irrigation applications (50 L/d).

Within DEMOWARE, Torre Marimon will address the following main issues related to water reuse:

  • Demonstrate the feasibility of anaerobic membrane bioreactor for integrated water reuse and waste management in rural zones.
  • Explore the feasibility of water reuse in farms.
  • Demonstrate the feasibility of innovative clogging reduction methodologies in agricultural irrigation networks.
  • Public perception and acceptability.
  • Governance issues in the agricultural sector.