Public Funding

BIOWET tackles a major challenge in European agriculture: nitrate and phosphorus pollution from intensive greenhouse production. The rapid expansion of greenhouses, especially in Spain,  Italy, and the Netherlands, has increased nutrient leaching into water bodies, causing eutrophication, biodiversity loss, and declining water quality. Hydroponic systems, though efficient, generate nutrient-rich leachates that are seldom reused due to salt build-up, nutrient imbalances, and pathogen risks.

The work is structured in two tasks:
Task 1. Report including the interpretation and evaluation of the soil sampling and analysis campaign. A report must be drawn up interpreting the results obtained in the sampling and analytical campaign carried out by the Directorate General for Biodiversity, Forests and Desertification in order to then proceed to the evaluation of the soils present in the wadis from the point of view of their danger or risk to human health and the environment.

PHASE 1. Initial proposal on the possible treatment lines (similar to a study of alternatives) including information on their feasibility and recommendations for the design of the lines (first conceptual or strategic advance).

Global climate change might intensify the hazardous effects of anthropogenic metal contamination in terms of soil toxicity risks and thus effects of loss of soil functionality and sustainability. The scientific research performed in this field has been mostly focused on the effects of single climate factors, while less attention has been paid to the combination of multiple climate factors.