GRAY WATER REUSE IN SUSTAINABLE URBAN … · gray water reuse in sustainable urban agriculture...
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GRAY WATER REUSE IN SUSTAINABLE URBAN
AGRICULTURE
GRAY WATER REUSE IN SUSTAINABLE URBAN
AGRICULTURE
Faculty members: Maryam Shafahi, Kevin Anderson, Reza Baghaei Lakeh
Students: Jordan Garnagin, Aaron Thormodsen , Brandon Lace, Anthony Nguyen
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
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OUTLINE
AquaponicsWater
Drought ContaminationEfficiencyscalability
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DROUGHT
• THE DROUGHT HAS NOT ENDED
• CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROLONGED DRY CONDITIONS. SEVEN OF THE NINE YEARS SINCE 2007 HAVE BEEN DRY. CALIFORNIA ALSO EXPERIENCED RECORD WARMTH DURING THIS TIME, 2014 AND 2015 WERE, RESPECTIVELY, THE WARMEST AND SECOND-WARMEST YEARS IN 121 YEARS OF STATEWIDE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE RECORDS
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WATER AND AGRICULTURE IN CALIFORNIA
More than 80% of state water is used in agriculture
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NITRATE RUN-OFF
• CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER
• TULARE LAKE BASIN AND MONTEREY COUNTY
• MORE THAN 90 MG/L NITRATE
• CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH MAXIMUM CONTAMINATED LEVEL 45 MG/L
• 2.5 MILLION PEOPLE
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AQUAPONICS HISTORY
• AZTEC CULTIVATED AGRICULTURAL ISLANDS KNOWN AS CHINAMPAS.
• LONG BEFORE THE TERM “AQUAPONICS” WAS COINED, THE AZTEC INDIANS RAISED PLANTS ON RAFTS ON THE SURFACE OF A LAKE IN APPROXIMATELY 1,000 AD
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WHAT IS AQUAPONICS?
● Hybrid of aquaculture and hydroponics
How does it work?
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WHY AQUAPONICS?
-Water conservation
-Zero Nitrogen discharge
-No fertilizers
-Closed-loop cycle
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Is Aquaponics using 90% less water compared to soil
farming?
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IS AQUAPONICS SCALABLE?
Is Aquaponics Scalable?
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AQUAPONICS IN CAL POLY POMONA
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AQUAPONICS IN CAL POLY POMONA
• 120 FT2 GROWING BED, 250 PLANTS, 750 GALLONS OF WATER OVERALL
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WATER EFFICIENCY
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Aquaponics annual average
Aquaponics average excluding Summer
Compared with CA average
128 liters/kg 106 liters/kg (+ 11%)- (-25%)
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EVAPORATION: 80-90% OF WATER LOSS
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NEXT STEPS
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GRAY WATER REUSE
● WASTE WATER
● FILTERS○ MECHANICAL○ ULTRAFILTRATION○ REVERSE OSMOSIS
● INTEGRATE INTO AQUAPONICS SYSTEM
● POWERED BY SOLAR ENERGY
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GRAY WATER BREAK-EVEN
• INITIAL COST OF GREYWATER SYSTEM: $1,000
• COST OF TAP WATER IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: $0.0061/GALLON1
• PURIFIED GRAY WATER: $0.00027975/GALLON
• BREAK-EVEN POINT IS APPROXIMATELY 172,000 GALLONS OF WATER
• OUR ANNUAL CONSUMPTION WAS 6000 GALLONS
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SOLAR ENERGY
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SUMMARY
• AQUAPONICS IS A WATER EFFICIENT ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY FOOD PRODUCTION SYSTEM.
• IT’S WATER EFFICIENCY CAN GROW UP TO 25% COMPARED TO AVERAGE CALIFORNIA WATER USAGE FOR LETTUCE
• THE RESULTS OF ANNUAL MEASUREMENT ON THIS PILOT PLANT CAN BE USED TO EVALUATE THE SCALABILITY OF AQUAPONICS AS AN ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE SYSTEM FOR THE FUTURE.
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REFERENCES
• HTTP://WWW.WATER.CA.GOV/WATERCONDITIONS/
• NITROGEN SOURCES AND LOADING TO GROUNDWATER, CENTER FOR WATERSHED SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS, TECHNICAL REPORT 2, 2012
• HTTP://WWW.ANCIENT-ORIGINS.NET/ANCIENT-PLACES-AMERICAS/CHINAMPAS-FLOATING-GARDENS-MEXICO-001537
• HTTP://WWW.TENACREORGANICS.COM/AQUAPONICS.HTML
• HTTPS://WWW.MASTERRESOURCE.ORG/WATER-POLICY/CALIFORNIA-WATER-RATES-AND-CONSERVATION/
• HTTP://WWW.CIRCLEOFBLUE.ORG/2015/WORLD/PRICE-OF-WATER-2015-UP-6-PERCENT-IN-30-MAJOR-U-S-CITIES-41-PERCENT-RISE-SINCE-2010/
• HTTP://WWW.HOME-WATER-WORKS.ORG/INDOOR-USE/SHOWERS
• BLIDARIU F., GROZEA A., INCREASING THE ECONOMICAL EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF INDOOR FISH FARMING BY MEANS OF AQUAPONICS - REVIEW, ANIMAL
SCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGIES, 2011, 44 (2)
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QUESTIONS?