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The MEDAWARE Project

Discussing past activities, country profiles, existing situations, best practices, and future tasks related to urban wastewater treatment and reuse in Mediterranean countries. The focus is on developing specifications for technologies, enhancing reuse systems, control methodologies, and supporting tools. The project includes workshops, conferences, and publications for dissemination.

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The MEDAWARE Project

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

  2. 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)

  3. TASK 1: Determination of the Countries Profile • Part A: Geography and Population • Part B: Climate and Water Resources • Part C: Wastewater and the Use of Non Conventional Water Resources • Part D: Agriculture and Irrigation Practices • Part E: Water related problems associated with Health and Environment • Part F: Water Policy and Institutional Environment

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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)

  8. 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)

  9. 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

  10. The road ahead… • 2nd Annual Meeting • …most probably combined with one of the countries’ workshops

  11. 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)

  12. M1 T1 M2 T2 T3 T5 M3 T6 T4 M4 T7 International Conference Workshops

  13. Reporting for the next year • Progress report: • every 6 months • Interim report: • Month 21

  14. Dissemination • Publications in Conferences • Publications in Journals

  15. 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.

  16. 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

  17. 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).

  18. Publications • REWAS, Madrid • 2 Papers in International Journal of Environment and Pollution

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