Revaluation of different wastewaters through technologies that improve the water-renewable energy-food nexus (AQUAENGRI)

The main objective of the AquaEnAgri project is to remove barriers for the implementation of an aquaponics system by minimising water consumption and/or being able to be fed with reclaimed water. This project is coordinated by the UPV (Alcoy Campus) and CIEMAT and URJC are the two remaining subprojects. The activities developed by CIEMAT and the environmental analysis unit of CIESOL in this project during 2024 include a very complete physicochemical and microbial characterization of WWTP effluents, including antibiotics and other micropollutants evaluated by LC/MS. Protocols have been developed for the detection/quantification of fish farm specific pathogenic species such as Aeromonas spp, Klebsiella spp, E. coli, Coliform bacteria, Total heterotrophic bacteria and Edwarsiella/Salmonella spp.