The MEDAWARE Project 1 st Annual Meeting Tenerife, 16-7-2004 Dr. Despo Fatta.

The MEDAWARE Project 1st Annual Meeting

Tenerife, 16-7-2004Dr. Despo Fatta

Past Activities

Kick-off meeting, 27/6/2003

Task 1 (completed, October 2003, m6)

Task 2 (completed, Feb. - March 2004, m10)

Task 3 (completed, March 2004, m11) Site Visits (postponed for July)

TASK 1: Determination of the Countries Profile

Part A: Geography and PopulationPart B: Climate and Water ResourcesPart C: Wastewater and the Use of Non

Conventional Water Resources Part D: Agriculture and Irrigation PracticesPart E: Water related problems associated

with Health and Environment Part F: Water Policy and Institutional

Environment

Task 2: Existing Situation related to the operation of UWTPs and the Effluent Disposal Practices with emphasis on the Reuse in the Agricultural Production

Number and Location of UWTPs Population served by UWTPs Presentation of the technologies applied Existing effluent quantity and quality in selected

plants Prevailing effluent disposal methods and

practices Impacts caused by the operation of the UWTP

and the disposal practices applied Determination of pollutant removal efficiencies of

selected wastewater treatment facilities

Task 3: Analysis of Best Practices and Success Stories

Recommendations of the WFD Success stories on agricultural reuse of urban

wastewater in Mediterranean countries Selected cases: Cyprus, France, Greece, Israel,

Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia and Turkey

Other good examples on agricultural reuse of wastewater all over the world Selected cases: Australia, Kuwait, Mexico, Saudi

Arabia and USA

Task 3: Analysis of Best Practices and Success Stories

Problems associated with reclaimed water reuse projects

Good reuse practises

Selection of wastewater treatment methods

The cost of wastewater reclamation and reuse

Future Tasks

Task 4: Development of Specifications for UWT Technologies and Systems (to be completed by January 2005, m21)

Review of the UWT technologies (m15) Review of the standards (m15) Development of technical specifications (m21) Training on the UWT technologies (postponed

up to m26)

Future Tasks Task 5: Development of Specifications for UWT

Utilization (to be completed by June 2005, m26) Review of the UW Reuse Systems focusing on the reuse in agricultural

production (m 22) Methods Standards (completed, but can be updated…)

Development of specifications for the reuse in agriculture (m 25) Reduction of pathogens Crop restrictions Application methods Human exposure

Development of guidelines for the storage conditions (m25)

Examination of all limitations/constraints that might hinder sustainable reuse (m25)

Training on the urban wastewater reuse technologies and systems (m 26)

Training Workshops

Combined workshops for Tasks 4 and 5

In each country of the Med partners Cyprus, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco,

Palestine, Turkey

All actors involved can be invited

2 or 3 days

The road ahead…

2nd Annual Meeting

…most probably combined with one of the countries’ workshops

Task 6: Development of a Methodology and a Database for the Control and Monitoring of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Plants (m 26-30)

Task 7: Development of a Multi-criteria – Guiding Support Software Tool for the Assessment and Valuation of Safe Wastewater Agricultural Reuse (m 31- 42)

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International Conference

Workshops

Reporting for the next year

Progress report: every 6 months

Interim report: Month 21

Dissemination

Publications in Conferences

Publications in Journals

Publications

D. Hidalgo Barrio, R. Irusta, D. Fatta, A. Papadopoulos, A. Mentzis, M. Loizidou, 'Effective practices on treated wastewater reuse - disinfection systems", International Workshop on the Implementation and Operation of Municipal Wastewater Reuse Plants, Thessaloniki, Greece - 11/12 March 2004.

Aysegül Aksoy, Celal F. Gökçay, Erkan Sahinkaya, Umay G. Özkan, Kahraman Ünlü, Gülerman Sürücü, "Best Practice Examples for Reuse of Wastewaters in Agricultural Irrigation in the World", International Workshop on the Implementation and Operation of Municipal Wastewater Reuse Plants, Thessaloniki, Greece - 11/12 March 2004.

I.Imamoglu, S. Girgin, F.D. Sanin, F.B. Dilek, Ü. Yeti , H. Yükseler, C.F. Gökçay, "Municipal Wastewater Management in Turkey: Impacts & Reuse", International Workshop on the Implementation and Operation of Municipal Wastewater Reuse Plants, Thessaloniki, Greece - 11/12 March 2004.

Publications

D. Fatta, A. Papadopoulos, A. Mentzis, M. Loizidou, R. Irusta, A. Sandovar, and D. Hidalgo Barrio, ‘The Urgent Need for Sustainable Urban Wastewater Treatment and Reuse in the Agricultural Production in the Mediterranean Countries - The MEDAWARE Project’, IWA, World Water Congress and Exhibition, Marrakech, Morocco, 19-24 September 2004.

D. Fatta, M. Al-Rusan, K. Hameed, C. Gokcay, S. Anayiotou and M. Loizidou, ‘The operation of urban wastewater treatment plants and the reuse practices in the MED countries- The Medaware Project’, INCO-MED Water Conference, MEDAQUA II, Amman, Jordan, 14-15/6/2004.

D. Fatta, I. Skoula, C. Moustakas, A. Mentzis, A. Papadopoulos, M. Loizidou, Ζ. Salem, K. Hameed, "Existing situation, plans and policies for the wastewater reuse in agriculture in the Med Countries", International Conference on the ‘Protection and Restoration of the Environment VII’, Mykonos, Greece, 28/6 – 1/7, 2004

Publications

D. Fatta, I. A. Alaton, C. Gokcay, I. Skoula, A. Papadopoulos, A. Mentzis and M. Loizidou, ‘The status of urban wastewater treatment and the challenge of wastewater reuse in the Mediterranean Basin’, EWRA Symposium - Water Resources Management: Risks and Challenges for the 21st Century, Izmir, Turkey - 2-4 September 2004, (accepted).

D. Fatta, G. Ayoub, M. Mountadar, O. Assobhei, A. Papadopoulos and M. Loizidou, ‘Assessment of the existing situation regarding the urban wastewater treatment and reuse in Cyprus, Morocco, and Lebanon’, 5th National Conference of EEDYP for the Integrated Management of Water Resources based on river basins, Xanthi, Greece, 6-9 April, 2005, (accepted).

Publications

REWAS, Madrid

2 Papers in International Journal of Environment and Pollution