WP1
Sustainable and nature-based solutions as applied innovative technologies for wastewater treatment
Lead beneficiary: Université de Montpellier (France) – Dr Serge Chiron
Main objectives: natural based-solution for wastewater treatments will be first confirmed at lab scale and then implemented on existing experimental platforms for the validation of the first application of proposed technology solutions to irrigate selected crops. This will be obtained through: (i) selecting a subgroup of indicator emerging contaminants to evaluate treatments efficiency, (ii) development and optimization of the proposed treatments to improve removal of emerging biological pollutants, and (iii) the achievement of better and more suitable treatment of non-conventional water resources according to local needs and standards.
This WP consists of five tasks aiming at:
T1.1: Water characterization and definition of the SAFE framework
T1.2: Preparation of Materials for wastewater treatment
T1.3: Decontamination
T1.4: Disinfection
T1.5: Modelling
WP2
Impact of wastewater irrigation on: uptake of contaminants, effects on the metabolism of plants, soil microbial diversity and function, and salinity
Lead beneficiary: ICRA (Spain) – Dr Gianluigi Buttiglieri
Main objectives: water safe reuse will be ensured by a complete effluent characterization by determining parameters covering (i) wastewater quality, (ii) food quality, (iii) biodiversity indexes and (iv) irrigation conditions in order to better assess the environmental and human health risks.
This WP consists of four tasks aiming at:
T2.1: Antioxidant activity and secondary plant metabolites, and organic micropollutants uptake
T2.2: Evaluation of soil biodiversity
T2.3: Human health risks assessment
T2.4: Irrigation modes
WP3
Plant environmental adaption and biotic/abiotic stress resilience
Lead beneficiary: ELGO (Greece) – Dr Afronditi Tsampalla
Main objectives: to test and mitigate the negative impact of water reuse on salinity and soil biodiversity.
This WP consists of four tasks aiming at:
T3.1: Renewable Energy Sources (RES) to minimize energy carbon footprint
T3.2: Employment of modern –omics tools and in-depth physiology parameters to explore plants’ response and adaption to wastewater
T3.3: Use of sustainable practices such as vegetable grafting to adapt to water reuse
T3.4: Solutions for increasing biodiversity
WP4
Large Field Pilot implementation and Demonstration
Lead beneficiary: CERTE (Tunisia) – Dr Samia Khadhar
Main objectives: this WP consists of four field studies. Experimental fields will be applied in Tunisia and Algeria, pilot plant in Morocco and greenhouse hydroponic in Greece. Each situ will demonstrate how the transfer technology will be adapted to local situations for increased crop production, through implementation to a modelling study and training courses/video clips. The communication and integration with local farmers and public governance will be fundamental.
This WP consists of four tasks aiming at:
T4.1: Pilot implementation in Tunisia
T4.2: Pilot implementation in Morocco
T4.3: Pilot implementation in Greece – greenhouse
T4.4: Pilot implementation in Algeria
T4.5: Technical economical data analysis of pilot unit in Morocco
WP5
Modelling, optimization and evaluation of economic impact
Lead beneficiary: SAPIENZA (Italy) – Prof. Antonio Zuorro
Main objectives: to evaluate the effects of the new practices in terms both of economic results of the farms and of cost/benefits in a collective perspective. All data on (i) the environmental impact, (ii) the production yields, (iii) the social impact and (iv) the feasibility of the knowledge transfer activity will be combined and evaluated all together to conduct to a model able to predict any excise conditions and to find optimized process for any specific boundary set.
This WP consists of four tasks aiming at:
T5.1: Analysis of the effects of SAFE practices on farm economic returns
T5.2: Analysis of organizational and financial constraints that may limit the adoption of SAFE practices
T5.3: Cost/benefit analysis
T5.4: Development of an optimization model
WP6
Management, integration of the results and dissemination
Lead beneficiary: UNIBAS (Italy) – Dr Monica Brienza
Main objectives: (i) to share the results of the project with stakeholders (farmers, intermediaries, policy makers, researchers and consumers), (ii) to set up local user committees, (iii) to maximise the existing communication channels and network of consortium partners, and (iv) to ensure a smooth running of the project and timely competition of the tasks, (v) integration of the results and their dissemination
This WP consists of four tasks aiming at:
T6.1: Internal Overall Coordination (Reporting)
T6.2: Communication inside and outside consortium
T6.3: Exploitation Activities and Sustainability
T6.4: Large Result Dissemination