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The research group 'Environmental Soil Science, Chemistry and Agricultural Technology' of the School of Agronomists of the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT) will develop a pilot plant with artificial wetlands for the treatment of agricultural drainage waters of the Campo de Cartagena, in order to Reduce the entrance of nutrients to the Mar Menor.
In an area of ​​2,000 square meters located in the wastewater treatment plant of Los Alcázares will construct several types of wetlands that will treat water from agricultural areas of the Campo de Cartagena to purify them before they pour into the Rambla del Albujón and from there to Mar Menor.
The project is funded by the Regional Entity for Sanitation and Wastewater Treatment (ESAMUR), attached to the Ministry of Water, Agriculture and Environment of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, and will be developed in collaboration with researchers from the Department of Ecology and Hydrology of the Faculty of Biology of the University of Murcia (UMU).
UPCT research groups, José Álvarez Rogel, and the UMU, Rosa Gómez Cerezo, have held numerous meetings with ESAMUR officials and technicians since last May to determine the design of artificial wetlands They are going to rehearse.
Once this phase has been completed and an agreement has been reached, two research projects have been signed, including supervision and advice for the construction of pilot wetlands by the company, as well as for the monitoring and evaluation of its operation for at least one year.
Systems designed include the use of soils and other materials of appropriate characteristics, such as substrate, as well as plants of various species.
Its operation is based on biogeochemical and biological mechanisms that allow the purification of waters in natural wetlands of semi-arid zones, in whose study the Research Groups involved are specialists.
The collaboration between the researchers of the two public universities of the Region of Murcia and the technicians of the company has allowed to combine purely scientific foundations with technical aspects to adapt to the specific characteristics of the waters to be treated.
This project is part of the set of measures being adopted by the Office for Socioeconomic Impact and the Environment (OISMA) of the Ministry of Water, Agriculture and Environment of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia to reduce the impacts that cause the Arrival of eutrophic waters to the Mar Menor.
Source: UPCT
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