Abengoa-FB Side Event - Munoz, Abengoa, 14th January, 2015 UN Water Conference Zaragoza

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Zaragoza, January 2015

Smart Water Cycle for Doñana

2015 UN-Water Annual International Zaragoza ConferenceWater and Sustainable Development: From Vision to Action

Study site


Southwest of Spain

Between Guadalquivir and Tinto river mouths

Guadalquivir

River

Tinto

River

Odiel

River

Doñana National Park

Atlantic Ocean

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Socio-ecological system: marshes, dunes, coast estuary, human population

Environmental relevance

One of the most extensive wetlands and the biggest ecological reserve in Europe.


It covers 543 km2, of which 135 km2 are a

protected area (National Park, Ramsar site, Biosphere Reserve, European Community Special Protection Area).

Ecosystem services:

• Agriculture

• Grazing

• Shellfish

• Tourism

Lack of demonstration sites

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Challenges in water management

• A natural reserve in danger (WFD)

• There are interactions between coastal, surface

and ground water including

overpumping aquifers

• Water withdrawals for irrigation, most of them illegal

• Polluted rivers due to mining activitysurround the area

• 15 different administration entities have competences

• Strong environmental, socioeconomic

and political challenges


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Smart Water Cycle for Doñana (SWC) objectives

Ensure the long term preservation of such an important ecosystem

Focus on achieving a good quantitative and qualitative status of water bodies in Doñana

Managing existing water resources on an optimized way with strong ICT tools development

Generating alternative resources that allow to meet the water unbalance of the area


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Smart Water Cycle for Doñana goes beyond scientific and technological innovation by bringing a social dimension to solve a flagship environmental challenge

SWC strategy

Definition of the social and environmental parameters with KPI

Assessment of supply and demand for existing water resources

Improved monitoring and smart management of the water resources

Assessment and validation of complementary technologies and measurementsto enhance the water availability

Full scale implementation of the integral solution

Through a strong Public-Private Partnership

Involvement of stakeholders

Efficient dissemination plan

Marketing of the solution for its exportation


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4 linked projects to solve 4 societal challenges


Project 2: Forecasting

tool for assessing the

spatiotemporal

availability of water

resources in Doñana

Project 4: Searching

for alternative


and integration in the

Doñana system

Project 3: Integrated

management of water


Project 1: Environmental

warning and control

system for monitoring the

state of Doñana ecosystem

SWCWater resources integrated management

Knowledge of water resources availability

in Doñana

Safe and sustainable water resources use

in Doñana

Guarantee the supply of water demand in

Doñana

Preservation of Doñana

Ecosystem

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Specific objectives Methodology

Project 1: Environmental warning and control system for monitoring

the status of Doñana ecosystem

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• Evaluate spills, pollutant loads, etc. for the proposal of a pumping pressure index

• Status index proposal for:- surface water bodies - subsurface water bodies- vegetation

• Current monitoring networks (quantity/quality)• Areas to be monitored

• Local measures whole area (remote sensing)• Monitoring network deployment

• Alert Index proposal (pressure+status)• Alert Index map• Development of a DSS for alert index

Characterization of environmental

pressures

Ecosystem status indicators

protocol

Real time information system

Indicator alert system for DSS

Specific objectives

Project 2: Forecasting tool for assessing the spatiotemporal

availability of water resources in Doñana


• Soil and groundwater data• Design and deployment of a recharge/discharge control network• Recharge/discharge at the current conditions• Implementation, update and calibration of the MODFLOW model with the

current pumping and supply conditions

• A new Digital Elevation Model• Soil, vegetation, weather, surface water input data• Implementation and calibration of a surface water hydrodynamic model

• Pollutant load contribution modeling• Water quality modeling for surface water bodies• Water quality model for groundwater bodies

• Scenarios simulation for dry and wet periods

Available water volume evaluation

in groundwater bodies

Water quality evaluation

Forecasting scenarios for dry and

wet periods

Available water volume evaluation

in surface water bodies

Methodology

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Specific objectives

Project 3: Integrated management for Doñana water resources


• Groundwater-surface water model integration• Scenarios simulation• Risk maps for pumping

• Groundwater-surface water model integration• Scenarios simulation• Definition of water table level for salt intrusion • Map of nitrate application restrictions• Applications calendar

• Water status and ecosystem status relationships• Forecasting of vegetation indicators • Risk maps

• Hydrological management policy and planning• Integration of different information systems• Smart Water Management Platform adapted to diverse user requirements• Short term updatable calendar for water resources• Integration of alternative water resource in DSS

Integration of different DSS in a

SWC platform

Methodology

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DSS for Ecosystem Conservation

DSS for Water Quality

DSS for Water Quantity

Methodology

Project 4: Searching for alternative resources and integration in

Doñana system


• Analyze the viability of several projects:

- Water resources from a new dam in Agrio River (HGP)

- Use of treated Tinto and Odiel water

- Urban and industrial wastewater reclamation

- Desalination of seawater to generate high-quality water

• Aquifer recharge using alternative water resources• Selection of the pumping areas

• Installation of pilot plants• Economic and life cycle analysis

Specific objectives

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Assessment of different options to

generate alternative water

resources

Evaluation of aquifer recovering

technologies

Pilot scale development

Key solutions for key countries

Countries overpumping aquifers

(source: Earth Policy Institute)

Top 10 municipal wastewater treatment markets, 2013-2017

(source: GWM-2014)


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Municipal CapEx global water market distribution

(Source own analysis, data GWM 2014)

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Abengoa-FB Side Event - Munoz, Abengoa, 14th January, 2015 UN Water Conference Zaragoza

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