The geographical context of wastewater treatment and reuse : A benchmarking analysis for Spanish Mediterranean Wastewater Treatment Plants
Rodríguez, Paula (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Geografia)
Palma H., David (Consorci per a la Defensa de la Conca del riu Besòs (Catalunya))
Poch, Manel (Universitat de Girona. Institut de Medi Ambient)
Cugueró-Escofet, Miquel Àngel (Consorci Besòs Tordera)
Saurí i Pujol, David (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Geografia)

Títol variant:	El contexto geográfico del tratamiento y reutilización de aguas residuales: un análisis benchmarkingpara el litoral mediterráneo español
Data:	2019
Resum:	This paper examines wastewater treatment and reuse in Catalonia and Valencia through a benchmarking analysis of energy intensities of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) located in the coastal municipalities of both regions also involving comparison with average European data on energy use by these plants. The comparison of European and Spanish Mediterranean WWTPs indicates that small Mediterranean plants are less energy intensive than their European counterparts, while for larger plants (above 10, 000 m/day) the reverse is true. As to the comparison between Catalan and Valencian plants, the latter are generally smaller than the former, and also slightly more energy intensive. Regarding reuse, the geographical context would explain these differences in terms of the final destination of effluents treated in these plants. The important presence of irrigated agriculture in Valencia is responsible for the reuse of 45% of potentially reclaimed water while Catalonia, with a different socioterritorial reality, reuses less than 3% of the total effluent treated.
Nota:	Research supportive of the paper was funded by the Spanish CICYT under grant CSO2015-65182-C2-1-P, by the Industrial Doctorate Programme (ref. 2017-DI-048) of the Catalan Agency of University and Research Grants Management (AGAUR) and by DAM (Depuración de Aguas del Mediterráneo).
Nota:	Altres ajuts: CICYT/CSO2015-65182-C2-1-P
Nota:	Altres ajuts: CICYT/2017-DI-048
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Publicat a:	Boletín de la Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles, Núm. 82 (2019) , p. 2795, ISSN 2605-3322

DOI: 10.21138/bage.2795

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