Presentation in side meeting EIP Water Conference Leeuwarden 2016

1. 2016 EIP Water Conference How is Water Innovation Succeeding in Europe? Side
Meeting on Water Reuse - Status and Contribution to the EU Initiative
Leeurwarden, The Netherlands, 10 February 2016
Earth Observation
in Support of a
Sustainable Water Sector.
Water Reuse
RESEWAM-O Action Group
Ernesto Lopez-Baeza
Ernesto.Lopez@uv.es
University of Valencia, Spain
Side Meeting
Water Reuse - Status and Contribution to the EU Initiative

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Meeting on Water Reuse - Status and Contribution to the EU Initiative
Leeurwarden, The Netherlands, 10 February 2016
Contributors:
Ernesto Lopez-Baeza(1), Reza Ansari(2), Ebrahim Asadi(3), Daniele Cespi(4), Amparo
Coll(1), Carmen Cubillas(1), Francesc Hernandez(5), Edwin Loarte(6), Ana Pavia(1,5),
Almudena Sanchez(7), Ana Sebastian(7)
(1) University of Valencia, Climatology from Satellites Group (2) Iranian Space Agency (3) Iranian Meteorological
Organisation (4) University of Bologne (5) University of Valencia, Water Economics Group (6) National Water
Agency, Peru (7) GMV, Spain
• Our innovation
• (1) Earth Observation in Support of a Sustainable Water Sector
• Identify and recover water-stressed agricultural areas
• (Smart) Precision Agriculture
• Water engineering: water treatment plants  agricultural fields irrigation
• (2) Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
• Capacity Building
• World Water Day 2016
Contents

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RESEWAM-O
• well defined Innovation Opportunity service
• envisaging the provision of a versatile methodology
• -in principle applicable in all sensitive areas in the world-
• integrating
• knowledge, diagnostic and monitoring capacity of
remote sensing
• optimum engineering solutions
• efficient financial tools
the problem (water scarcity) and the solution (water resources connections,
treatment plants, preserving freshwater supplies for urban uses that will be
connected through a feasibility plan) are approached together within the same
vision.
RESEWAM-O - REmote SEnsing for WAter Management Optimization (AG132)

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RESEWAM-O EIP Water Action Group aims
to develop agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change activities using
• Earth Observation Remote Sensing techniques and
• Water Management solutions
in order to enhance socio-economical and environmental values in water
sensitive areas.
Through a multidisciplinary
• scientific,
• industrial and
• administration composition
RESEWAM-O studies negative climate impacts in water-deficit
lands to reactivate them and generate income.
RESEWAM-O puts together
administration, agricultural
farmers/cooperatives and
companies suppliers of water
services to develop services and
products helping various economic
sectors adapting to climate change,
especially focusing on energy and
water utilities

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RESEWAM-O’s main goal is
to create an innovative methodology
for water resources re-distribution
by combining
• remote sensing diagnosing tools,
• economic feasibility studies,
• engineer knowledge and
• policy decisions
to correctly manage all water resources,
mainly waste water, and recover life in unprofitable areas.
REMOTE
SENSING
SOILS/
VEGETATION
MODELLING
& CLIMATE
PROJECTIONS
WATER
ENGINEERING
ECONOMIC
ANALYSIS
WATER
QUALITY
AREAS OF
INTEREST
ENV.
IMPACT
ANALYSIS
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RESEWAM-O’s main goal is
The envisaged end product is a robust integrated software toolbox for
• water scarcity detection,
• diagnosis and assessment,
• optimum solution completion, and
• feasibility plan
for water re-distribution,
in principle applicable in any water-scarce area of the world.

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RESEWAM-O’s Structure
Viability
Cost/Benefit
Knowledge
Base
Soils &
Vegetation
• CEBAS-CSIC
• EEAD-CSIC
• IVIA
Modeling &
Climate
Projections
• FIC
• KIT
Remote Sensing
• GMV
• UVEG
Business Plan /
Economic Analysis
• UVEG
Water
Engineering
• INDEFA
Water
Quality
• LEQUIA
• Uni.Bologne
Env. Impact
LCA
• IAT

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2011 2012 2013 Average 2011-2012-2013

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Hot Spots Segura River Basin
identification of
water stressed areas
distribution of reclaimed
water

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• (Smart) Precision Agriculture
• role of soil moisture
• ET as E + T (separately!) in irrigated agriculture
• optimising irrigation
• water consumption
• relation of crop production to water use
• efficiency and productivity in agricultural usage of water,
which frees up availability of water for other sectors such as
municipal and industrial uses
• Drought Monitoring and Forecasting
Our innovation (1):
Earth Observation in Support of a Sustainable Water Sector
Use of Reclaimed Water

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Water (and carbon) footprints
Our innovation (1):
Earth Observation in Support of a Sustainable Water Sector

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Our innovation (1):
Earth Observation in Support of a Sustainable Water Sector
• Development & assistance/assessment in decision-making
• Decision support system for authorities in water resource
management
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“If MITIGATION is about
CARBON, then ADAPTATION is
about WATER” (John Slater,
MLA. Parliamentary Secretary for
Water Supply and Allocation,
Province of British Columbia)

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LCT
Life Cycle Thinking
LCA
Life Cycle Assessment
(environmental aspects)
LCC
Life Cycle Costing
(economic aspects)
LCM
Life Cycle Management
(management aspects)
Standard ISO 14040 e 44
CBA, SLCA
Cost Benefit Analysis, Social LCA
(social & environmental aspects)
Our innovation (2):
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
“in order to consider a green
process or activity, it is necessary
to assess the cumulative
environmental impacts across the
entire life cycle of the product:
• raw material extraction
• manufacturing
• use
• maintenance
• reuse
• transportation and
• final fate
This is done by using life cycle
inventory and assessment
concepts […]”
C. Jiménez-Gonzàlez, D.J.C. Constable, Green Chemistry
and Engineering: A Practical Design
Approach, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim,
2011
Which approach does it help to evaluate sustainability?

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ISO 14040 and 14044 (2006)
Why LCA? Standardised and holistic approach
Our innovation (2):
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

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1,971
994
5
376
191
1.0
10.0
100.0
1000.0
2014 2015 Average
kg CO2 eq / ha
kg CO2 eq /
1000 kg of
grape
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Carbon Footprint
LCA: Vineyard case study
Verify environmental
effects per hectare
cultivated and/or per
amount produced (by
year)
11500
19167
0
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
kgofgrapes
2014 2015
Our innovation (2):
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

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1,971
994
5
376
191
1.0
10.0
100.0
1000.0
2014 2015 Average
kg CO2 eq / ha
kg CO2 eq /
1000 kg of
grape
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Verify the environmental
effects of agricultural
practice:
• increase of the carbon
fluxes as a result of
manure spreading
Carbon Footprint
LCA: Vineyard case study
Our innovation (2):
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

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1,971
994
5
376
191
1.0
10.0
100.0
1000.0
2014 2015 Average
kg CO2 eq / ha
kg CO2 eq /
1000 kg of
grape
18
30
191
257
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
/ 1 kg of
beef
/ 1000 kg
of grape
/ 1118
km by
plane
kgCO2eq.
Carbon Footprint Compare results with
other different
scenarios
LCA: Vineyard case study
Our innovation (2):
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

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1,971
994
5
376
191
1.0
10.0
100.0
1000.0
2014 2015 Average
kg CO2 eq / ha
kg CO2 eq /
1000 kg of
grape
Carbon Footprint
Quantify the average social effect
associated to the environmental loads:
US Environmental Protection Agengy
(EPA) has estimated an average
social effect of 37$ per ton of CO2
released.
LCA: Vineyard case study
Our innovation (2):
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
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Capacity Building
• capacity building
• Ethiopia
• Iran
• NE Brazil (Ceará)
• Colombia
• China
• …
• …

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World Water Day 2016: Water as Business Opportunities
Turning Water Problems Into Business Opportunities
RESEWAM-O may generate new market opportunities
• Agricultural farmers/cooperatives
• new green market of more sustainable, saleable agricultural
products, developed in arid/semi-arid areas
• Companies supplying water services
• more freshwater available for urban demands
• Public administration
• revitalisation of areas out of production
• new agricultural food products
• reactivation of economy
• economising products and better Environment protection
• A NEW BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
• a small/medium enterprise (SME) to coordinate this process
and mediate between the parts

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