DevelopMent AnD application of integrated technological and management solutions FOR wasteWATER treatment and efficient reuse in agriculture tailored to the needs of

Mediterranean African Countries

Research and Innovation Action: Grant Agreement No 688320

EU funded Project

Dr. Dario FrascariUniversità di Bologna

Convegno Global Water EXPO – ECOMONDORimini, 8/11/2016

Sviluppo e adattamento al contesto Nord Africano di soluzioni tecnologiche e gestionali per il

trattamento delle acque reflue e per il loro riutilizzo in agricoltura: il progetto Madforwater

Madforwater at a glance Societal Challenge: Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency

and Raw Materials (SC5)

Topic: WATER-5c-2014/2015 - Strengthening international R&I cooperation in the field of water. Development of water supply and sanitation technology, systems and tools, and/or methodologies

Starting date: 1 June 2016.

Duration: 4 years

Total cost: 4.039.419 €

EU funding: 2.914.419 €

Coordinator: Dr. Dario Frascari, University of Bologna

Co-coordinator: Dr. Giulio Zanaroli, University of Bologna

General goal

To develop an integrated set of technological and management instruments for the enhancement of

wastewater treatment, treated wastewater reuse for irrigation and water efficiency in agriculture, with the final aim to reduce water vulnerability in selected hydrological

basins in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia.

The selected basins

Souss-Massa

Cap-Bon and Miliane

North EasternNile DeltaMorocco

Tunisia

Egypt

The Madforwater consortium

11 countries 5 partners from North Africa

18 partners: 13 research insitutions, 4 SMEs, 1 international organization (FAO)

WATER SUPPLY

(WW treatment)

WATER DEMAND

(Irrigation)

DECREASEDWATER VULNERABILITY

EXPECTED IMPACT

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ADAPTATION

INTEGRATION

The Madforwater concept

Madforwater is based on 2 main pillars: water supply (wastewater treatment) and water demand (irrigation)

Irrigation covers 80-85% of freshwaterconsumption in the 3 target basins

The actions related to these 2 pillars willbe transversally characterized by the concepts of

adaptation to the local conditionsof the 3 target North Africancountries

integration (i) within each pillar, between technologies, water management strategies and economic instruments; and (ii) transversally, between WW treatment and WW reuse for irrigation

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ADAPTATION OF TECHNOLOGIES AND STRATEGIESTO OTHER MENA COUNTRIES

Specific objectives

DEVELOPMENT, ADAPTATION AND INTEGRATION OF TECHNOLOGIES FOR WW TREATMENT AND WATER EFFICIENT USE IN AGRICULTURE

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DEVELOPMENT OFINTEGRATED

WATER AND LAND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES

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INCREASED CAPACITY BUILDING

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PROMOTION OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR EU AND NORTH AFRICAN COMPANIES

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Data for adaptation

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WATER VULNERABILITY ANALISYS

Phase I: country scalePhase II: basin scale

The Madforwater strategy

(WP 1)

TECHNOLOGIESPhase III: lab-scale → selection → Phase IV: integrated pilots of WW

treatment and reuse

Validatedtechnologies

(WP 2, 3, 4)

IMPLEMENTATION (Phase V; WP 5, 6, 7)

Policy reccomendations Capacity

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DecisionSupport Tools

Industrial exploitation

Water management

strategies building

The Madforwater technologies:a) wastewater treatment

Techn. ID

Short description Targeted WW type

1 Canalized lagoon with nitrification/denitrification and disinfection capacity

Municipal WWDrainage canal water

2 Nitrifying trickling filters filled with innovative high specific-surface carriers

Municipal WW

3 Constructed wetlands with plant growth promoting bacteria for tertiary treatment (N, P, emerging pollutants, heavy metals)

Municipal WW

4 Enzymatic degradation of fungicides, dyes and emerging pollutants with immobilized laccases

Municipal WWFruit packaging WWTextile WW

5 Catalytic disinfection beds activated by solar UV light Municipal WW

6 Flotation/flocculation integrated process Fruit packaging WW

7 Membrane filtration + phenolic compounds adsorption with selective resins + anaerobic digestion in biofilm reactor

Olive mill WW

8 Aerobic sequenced batch reactor with lime addition Olive mill WW

9 Granulated sludge bioreactor Textile WW

10 Moving Bed Biological Reactor Textile WWFruit packaging WW

11 Dyes adsorption with innovative resins Textile WW

The Madforwater technologies:b) irrigation

Techn. ID

Short description

A Increased crop resistance to water scarcity and salinity through the addition of plant growth promotion bacteria to the irrigation water

B Large spectrum soil moisture sensor calibrated for saline water

C Low-pressure micro-sprinklers adapted to dry climates and to treated WW

D Low-pressure calibrated nozzle adapted to dry climates and to treated WW

E Re-engineered surface irrigation systems based on calibrated gated pipes

F Open source software tool to determine the optimal irrigation amount and schedule

Selection and integration of the technologies to be scaled-up in the 4 field pilots

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Pilot 1 Drainagecanal Egypt … … NWRC NWRC

Pilot 2 MunicipalWW …….. … … SKE UMA /

IAV

Pilot 3 TextileWW Tunisia SKE UTM

Pilot 4

Olive millWW or

FruitPackaging

WW

Morocco KWI UMA /

IAV

SWOT ANALYSISDatabase of

the M4W technologies

Assignment of 4 scores to each technology

Definitions of the characteristics of each field pilot

The field pilots of integrated WW treatment and irrigation

WW treatment train

WW Storage tank

Irrigation section 1 (treated WW)

Irrigationtechnology X

Irrigationtechnology Y

Irrigation section 2 (freshwater)

FRESHWATER

WW treatment section Performances will be evaluated for each

pollutant in terms of: Removal extent (%) Removal rate (kgpollutant/d/m3

reactor) Effluent concentration / maximum

concentration allowed by the international standards for WW reuse in agriculture

More specific indicators will be developed for specific unit operations: Rate of enzyme activity loss Rate of adsorption efficiency loss

Irrigation section Performances will be evaluated for each sub-section in terms of:

Crop production yield (kgcrop/m2) Crop irrigation yield (kgcrop/m3

water used) Plant irrigation yield (kgplant /m3

water used) Fertilizer requirement

Irrigationtechnology X

Irrigationtechnology Y

The expected impact

WW treatment technologies

Increased turnover for WW treatment companies (9.4 b€)

LAND IRRIGATED WITH EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGIES (10% of irrigated land)

Irrigation technologies

LAND IRRIGATED WITH HIGH QUALITY TREATED WW

• Increase of WW reused in agriculture (from 7% to 28%)

• Reduction of water consumption in agriculture

• Increased income for 6 million farmers; increased turnover for irrigation companies (1.4 b€)

Increase of available water (6.3% of the water currently consumed in agriculture)

reusein

agric.

IRRIGATION QUALITY TREATED WW (27% of

produced WW)

other reuses

to agriculture• Increased irrigated land (4%

of current irrigated land)• Increased food production

(1.3 Mt wheat / year)

Scenario 1

to decrease ofgroundwater cathment

Reduced cost associated to water over-exploitation (3.9 b€ saved)

Scenario 2

Estimated impacts referred to 10 years after the end of the project (2030) Detailed assumptions illustrated in Section 2.1 of the Document of Action

EU funded Project

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 688320

DevelopMent AnD application of integrated technological and management solutions FOR wasteWATER treatment and efficient reuse in agriculture tailored to the needs of

Mediterranean African Countries

For more information on the project, visit www.madforwater.eu or contact us:

Project coordinator: Dr. Dario Frascari, dario.frascari@unibo.it

Project co-coordinator: Dr. Giulio Zanaroli, giulio.zanaroli@unibo.it

Exploitation & communication: Marijn Mulder, marijn.mulder@pnoconsultants.com

Thank you for your attention!

DSTs

Economic & regulatory

instrumentsB2B

WW treatment SMEsbusiness plans

Irrigation SMEsbusiness plans

Cross-sectorial market access Integrated water and land management strategies

IMPLEMENTATION PHASEIMPLEMENTATION PHASES (WP 5, 6, 7)

WW-related water vulnerability

Agriculture-related water vulnerability

Integrated water vulnerability assessment framework

Integrated tools

ANALYTICAL PHASE

The Madforwater integration strategy

ANALYTICAL PHASES (WP 1)

WW treatment technologies

Irrigation technologies

Integrated technologies

Pilot plants

TECHNOLOGICAL PHASES (WP 2, 3, 4)