{"id":10083,"date":"2024-03-25T19:05:15","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T17:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maresmecircular.cat\/?p=10083"},"modified":"2024-03-25T19:05:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T17:05:16","slug":"maresme-circular-wants-to-use-wastewater-to-cut-the-consumption-of-drinking-water-by-50-at-its-waste-treatment-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maresmecircular.cat\/en\/consortium\/maresme-circular-wants-to-use-wastewater-to-cut-the-consumption-of-drinking-water-by-50-at-its-waste-treatment-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Maresme Circular wants to use wastewater to cut the consumption of drinking water by 50% at its waste treatment plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><strong>The Maresme Waste Consortium is working on a project to harness wastewater from the Matar\u00f3 Wastewater Treatment Plant and use it in waste treatment processes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In view of the drought that Catalonia has been suffering for months and with the aim of anticipating similar situations in the future, <strong>Maresme Circular<\/strong>, the brand of the <strong>Maresme Waste Consortium<\/strong>, is taking another step forward in its commitment to sustainability. To this end, it is working on a project to make use of wastewater from the <strong>Matar\u00f3 Wastewater Treatment Plant<\/strong> (WWTP) and use it in the processes of the <strong>Maresme Integral Centre for Waste Recovery <\/strong>to <strong>cut the consumption of drinking water by 50%.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the first phase, the plan is to use this <strong>wastewater<\/strong> in the <strong>air treatment, biomethanisation and ultrafiltered water production processes of the mechanical-biological treatment<\/strong> plant, which is responsible for stabilising organic matter and recovering recyclable materials from the residual fraction &#8211; the grey bin.<\/p>\n<p>These three processes have an annual consumption of <strong>20,000 m3<\/strong> of water and this proposal will <strong>reduce <\/strong>the consumption of <strong>drinking water by 20%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In a second phase, the intention is to use the wastewater in the <strong>Centre&#8217;s energy recovery plant<\/strong>, meaning an estimated reduction of <strong>30,000 m3<\/strong> per year in the consumption of drinking water, i.e. a reduction of a further <strong>30%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The first stage of the project is awaiting the corresponding authorisations from the <strong>Catalan Water Agency<\/strong>, the relevant competent body, while the second phase is currently undergoing a technical and economic feasibility study.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Wastewater Treatment Plant<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Located in the <strong>Les Hortes<\/strong> industrial estate, right next to the Maresme Integral Centre for Waste Recovery, the wastewater treatment plant has a dual-stage biological process in its <strong>water line<\/strong>, as a result of the impact of the industrial waters, and a <strong>sludge line<\/strong>, with recirculation, thickening, dehydration and storage of the sludge.<\/p>\n<p>The treated water is discharged into the sea via a <strong>2,000-metre<\/strong>-long underwater outfall. The Maresme Circular project proposes to use this water in its processes before it is discharged into the sea.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Maresme Integral Centre for Waste Recovery <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>From its Integral Waste Recovery Centre, Maresme Circular treats more than <strong>190,000 tonnes of residual waste<\/strong> from Maresme and Vall\u00e8s Oriental per year, prioritising the recovery of materials from all recyclable products, including organic matter &#8211; in 2023 it recovered <strong>20,300 tonnes of materials<\/strong> &#8211; and then optimising energy recovery.<\/p>\n<p>It also treats <strong>bulky waste<\/strong> &#8211; 14,700 tonnes in 2023 &#8211; and <strong>transfers the waste<\/strong> from the selective collection of the <strong>packaging, organic and glass fractions<\/strong> collected in the 28 consortium municipalities in the region.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10078\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img 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