Ignasi Rodriguez-Roda irodriguezroda@icrat , ignasi.rodriguezroda@udg 15 January 2015

1. Demonstrating integrated innovative technologies for an optimal and safe closed water cycle in Mediterranean tourist facilities Funded under the Water and Innovation Action of the 7th Framework programme of RTD-D of the European Union Ignasi Rodriguez-Roda irodriguezroda@icra.cat, ignasi.rodriguezroda@udg.edu 15 January 2015 2nd Official MITOMED event Girona

2. LAYOUT • Tourism and water (in Euro-Med) • demEAUmed • consortium, objectives • Water cycle diagnose • quantity/quality • survey Hotels • Water treatment • Expected results • Advisory board/Innovation/synergies • Water footprint and other indicators…

3. Tourism and water (in EuroMed) • Euromediterranean area: • WATER SCARCITY & TOURISM DESTINATION • Tourism is central part of Mediterranean economies (e.g. Spain – 11%) • European directives and policies related to this topic... gaps • Green label would be a plus for European tourism vs. other destinations

4. Tourism and water (in EuroMed) • Hotels, golf resorts, spas, amusement parks • Identify points of maximum use of water • To decrease water footprint (cost) • To optimize water management (health) • To communicate to client/society (image)

5. Possible water sources groundwater tap water seawater rain water WWTP effluent

6. Water uses in hotels • Among (direct) water uses the most relevant are: • Rooms: • Toilet • Shower • Pool • Kitchen • Laundry • Common areas: • Toilet • cleaning • Garden • Golf • Acclimatization

7. Tourism and water TREATMENT • Global market opportunities for SMEs • There are innovative technologies. Just a few are implemented. Never in an integrated way • Different water sources (tap, rain, groundwater) • Water and energy minimisation • Wastewater separation (grey, yellow, black) • Wastewater treatment • Water reuse (gardening, flush, natural swimming pool., etc)

8. demEAUmed demonstrating integrated innovative technologies for an optimal and safe closed water cycle in Mediterranean tourist facilities

9. demEAUmed - Consortium • ENV-2013.WATER INNO&DEMO-1 Water innovation demonstration projects • 1st January 2014 • 15 partners; 7 countries • Duration: 42 months (June 2017) • Demo Site: Hotel Samba (Lloret de Mar) • Total budget: 5,831,907.84€ • EC contribution: • 4,016,469.95€

10. demEAUmed – Objectives Involvement of industry representatives, stakeholders, research centres, policy-makers and diverse technical and scientific experts to : demonstrate and promote: • Integration of innovative technologies for an optimal and safe closed water cycle in Mediterranean tourist facilities • Reduction of water consumption • Water cycle monitoring, control and automation • Dissemination of results to other touristic resorts • Creation of new market opportunities to European industries and SMEs

11. demEAUmed strategy: Water treatment CONTROL SCENARIOS TREATMENT legislation GAPS

12. From Hotels to demEAUmed DEMO site

13. demEAUmed DEMO site • TheCosta Brava (NE, Spain) is an important Spanish and European holiday destination (recommended destination 2012, National Geographic Traveler). • Lloret de Mar, is the largest resort on the Costa Brava, (40,000 inhabitants, up to 200,000 in summer) • Samba Hotel is a large resort (441 rooms), green areas and exterior pools, conference room, bar and restaurant. • Certified by EMAS and ISO14001 • Water use from 25,000 to 34,000 m3/year (100 to 135 l/client/day) • Grey water system for water closets

14. demEAUmed Hotel (Samba Hotel) Rooms Swimming pool Restaurant (kitchen) Gardens

15. demEAUmed – water cycle

16. demEAUmed Water cycle diagnose • To conduct a WATER CYCLE DIAGNOSE in the representative Samba DEMO site’s facilities: • to acquire the guidelines for a safe closed water cycle strategy within the hotel. • To identify, quantify and characterize the water fluxes. • To define the guidelines for a safe closed water cycle.

17. In terms of quantity… Back garden 2% Pool garden 8% Shower 54% Basement 11% Pool 13% Pool bar 1% Kitchen 8% Laundry 2% Toilet flushing 0% in Samba Hotel – June 2014

18. ..and in terms of quality • Standard chemical analyses • Micropollutants content • Microbiological indicators

19. demEAUmed Water cycle diagnose : • To conduct a WATER CYCLE DIAGNOSE in the representative Samba DEMO site’s facilities • ToANALYSE and COMPAREwater fluxes in different TOURISTIC MEDITERRANEANFACILITIES: • To acquire information in representative facilities. • To compare the information with DEMO site • To extend the guidelines to a broader range of touristic facilities (e.g. at different scale, with different facilities, with different limitations etc.)

20. Questionnaire • Introduction: general information about the establishment • Water infrastructure • Presence of pool | spa | golf course and their size • Sources of water used for different parts of water infrastructure • water consumption monitoring • Use of water saving devices • Grey | black | waste water treatment • Conclusion: general questions about environmental awareness

21. Example survey page

22. Questionnairelanguages Middle East + Africa Spain

23. Final e-mails database (sent surveys) Ministry of tourism agreed to forward the survey link to hotels in their database No response No response Low numbers or replies! Still in preparation (SEMIDE/EMWIS)

24. Final e-mails database Any suggestion? Help in dissemination? Contacts: Ignasi Rodriguez-Roda (irodriguezroda@icra.cat) Gianluigi Buttiglieri (gbuttiglieri@icra.cat ) Giuliana Ferrero (G.Ferrero@unesco-ihe.org) Yness Slokar (Y.Slokar@unesco-ihe.org) www.demEAUmed.eu

25. demEAUmed - TREATMENT Example: greywater

26. demEAUmed – Technologies (1) ELECTROCHEMICAL OZONATION Fraunhofer PHOTOELECTRO FENTON, Leitat Electro-Fenton Photo-Fenton ELECTROCOAGULATION - FLOTATION Leitat ADSORPTION PROCESSES, Fraunhofer

27. demEAUmed – Technologies (2) UVOX, Wapure International GmbH VERTICAL ECOSYSTEMS, Alchemia Smart Air MBR, ICRA PLIMMER, Idropan

28. demEAUmed – Expected Results • 60 – 70% reuse of treated water • 30 – 50% water consumption reduction (drinking water) • 10 – 30% of environmental impact reduction within the Euro-Mediterranean resorts • 60 – 80% emerging contaminants removal • Treatment and reuse of greywater on-site by the use of vertical ecosystems • 75-85% conductivity reduction • Microbiological charge removal • Control of water consumption and itsquality • Decision support systems-> Selection of the best water management alternatives

29. demEAUmed – Advisory Board Members • Mona Arnold:VTT, Technical Research Center, Finland • Günther Langergraber: Austrian University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences. • Eduard Fernández Martín: Melia Hotels International, Spain The members of the advisory board are in charge of the periodic peer reviews of project progress and providing recommendations on project implementation.

30. demEAUmed - Innovation • Importance of touristic sector in Mediterranean countries. • Water scarcity in Mediterranean countries. • Engagement of the touristic sector towards more sustainable energy and water management Treatment and reutilization of different effluents Closed cycle Integrated focus Demonstration of pre-marketable technologies Emerging contaminants Reduction of C footprint ICT Stakeholders participation Political – Social thinking

31. demEAumed - synergies • Link with EIP Water • Link with EIP Action Groups • Other EU water-related projects will be considered (FP7, H2020, LIFE, etc) to find possible synergies with demEAUmed. • Current AG • Possible new AG • Complementarywithother EU fundingmechanisms: • EuropeanStructural and InvestmentFunds(ESIF) • Research and InnovationStrategiesfor Smart Specialisation of the EU (RIS3) • Forexample: • RIS3CAT - Research and InnovationStrategyfor Smart Specialisation of Catalonia • Pillar 1: Leading Sectors: 1) Food, 2) Energy and Resources, 3) Industrial systems, 4) design-based sectors, 5) sustainable mobility, 6) health industries, 7) experienced- based cultural industries.

32. For further information: www.demEAUmed.eu This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No. 619116

33. Water footprint (WF): concept • WF is an indicator of the water use by a consumer or producer, including both direct and indirect use. • Measured in volume of consumed water (evaporated or not returned) and/or contaminated per unit of time. • Geographically and temporarily explicit • Can be calculated by a process, product a consumer (or group of) or producer (Hoekstra et al., 2011 The WF Assessment Manual)

34. Water footprint (WF): concept Blue WF • Volume of surface or ground water evaporated or incorporated into a product per unit of time Green WF • Volume of rain water evaporated or incorporated into a product per unit of time Grey WF • Volume of polluted water per unit of time (Hoekstra et al., 2011)

35. Water footprint: concept (Hoekstra et al., 2011 The WF Assessment Manual)

36. Water footprint (WF) I Fòrum LEQUIA de transferència tecnològica en l’àmbit de l’aigua Girona, 12 de desembre de 2014

37. WF in hotels Direct: Rooms: Toilet Cleaning Laundry Restaurant: Kitchen Cleaning Laundry Outdoor water: Garden Pool Common areas: Toilet Indirect: Food: Vegetables Meat Beverages Textile: Towels Sheets Tablecloths Energy consumption Construction materials

38. Life cycle assessment Life Cycle Assessment is: “a technique for assessing the environmental aspects and potential impacts associated with a product, system or service”; ISO 14044 Assessing the whole-of-life implications Material extraction Product manufacture Transport End-of-life Process operation Process construction I Fòrum LEQUIA de transferència tecnològica en l’àmbit de l’aigua Girona, 12 de desembre de 2014

39. LCA and WF Enable to quantify the environmental impacts of a process + sofisticated treatment I Fòrum LEQUIA de transferència tecnològica en l’àmbit de l’aigua Girona, 12 de desembre de 2014