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Awen Contrives a revolutionary system that will help to contain the desertisation

12/04/2012

12 April 2012

The Spanish company Awen has developed a system to contain the desertisation. It bases mainly in the depuración and recycling of waste water of the bordering populations and in the collected and accumulation of water of rain (by means of natural lakes, tanks of accumulation and natural swimming pools).

What is newer of this system is that it offers a complete vision of the project because, in other approximations does of independent form. “We pose: a water purification with natural and sustainable systems, with what remove him a problem to the city council. We store this water in lakes, rafts, or natural swimming pools, with what contribute to improve the image paisajística of the populations and to boost the tourism, in addition to offering the possibility to do lakes or swimming pools of enjoy public. Finally the aprovechamiento of the water for bio-crops, that can take advantage of to private or public level creating areas of crop to part of the population destitute, migrant... With courses of the unemployment...”, it stands out Iñigo Elorduy, partner of Awen.

For the depuración of waste water uses a system of depuración sustainable to base of macrofitas.

“The accumulation of water allows to establish a system of irrigation by dripping that will give place to a repoblación of the zone in the time and the possibility to recover terrains into disuse, turning them into productive and agricultural terrains”, explains.

In this way, achieves a regeneration paisajística of the zone in addition to activities that increase the productivity. “The implantation of our system of biological crops would suppose a sustento economic and social for the zone”, adds.

On the other hand, the accumulation of water of rain and the depuración and recycling of waste water would allow the realisation of a repoblación of species and regeneration paisajística that would evolve in 1, 5,10 and until 20 years.

For the depuración of waste water –“one of the greater problems without resolving in Spain”, use a system of depuración sustainable to base of macrofitas. The system of depuración through these plants debugs the water of a sustainable form and integrated cheese cheese in the landscape, and deletes the need to manage the slimes, allowing an elementary maintenance.

His construction consists in the realisation of rafts of water and some casket attaches simplifying like this the realisation of the project.

The base of the system converts the plants in floating projecting his top on the water. It treats of macrofitas emergent that transfer until the water and the oxygen of the air until the roots.

This oxygen creates a flora that digests the organic matter. With this flora produces a depuración direct by adsorption of ions contaminantes, that is to say, phosphates and nitrates and the elimination of colis and pathogens.

This system is revolutionary in depuración of waste water and contributes to the development of the sustainability and to the improvement of the environingingment when creating and regenerate new zones paisajísticas degraded.

Between the advantages of this system, Iñigo Elorduy, enumerates his low maintenance, without energetic expense, the elimination of fangos, that does not use chemicals, that minimises the execution and the cost, integrate properly in the landscape and is an adaptable system to the distinct climatic conditions, between others.

Besides, stands out that the system of accumulation of water by means of lakes and natural swimming pools, “would boost the tourist factor” in the zone.