Design and monitoring of a pilot plant with wetlands for the treatment of agricultural drainage water of the Campo de Cartagena

Contract
Funding

Entidad Regional de Saneamiento y Depuración de Aguas Residuales (Regional Entity for Wastewater Treatment and Purification) (ESAMUR), Murcia, Spain

Duration

01/2017-12/2020

Project Manager
Partnership Entities

Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena and Universidad de Murcia

General Objectives

To design and monitor of a pilot plant with wetlands for the treatment of agricultural drainage waters of the Campo de Cartagena

Project Results

PhD Thesis:

Títle: Denitrification of saline agricultural effluents (brine from groundwater desalination plants and agricultural leachates) in woodchip bioreactors in the SE of Spain. Student: Carolina Díaz García. Supervisors: Juan José Martínez Sánchez y José Álvarez Rogel tecnical University of Cartagena. ETSIA. Date: Feb 2021

 

PAPERS:

Díaz-García, C., Martínez-Sánchez, J.J., Álvarez-Rogel, J. 2023. Woodchip bioreactors for saline leachates denitrification can mitigate agricultural impacts in Mediterranean areas: The Campo de Cartagena-Mar Menor environmental issue. Journal of Environmental Management 331,117292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117292