- The International Water Association (IWA) and the Polytechnic University of Valencia bring together more than 250 delegates from 130 nationalities in Valencia.
- Hydraulic operation through computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation and purification performance through microbiological analysis are the lines of research that the company is addressing in this type of treatment.
FACSA, a company specializing in the management of the integrated water cycle, participated this week in the IWA International Conference on Wetland Systems for Water Pollution Control, the leading international congress in the field of the use of wetlands in water treatment and in improving the environmental quality of aquatic ecosystems.
During the congress - which has revolved around wetland systems as a control element in water pollution and the preservation of biodiversity - Sara Gargallo, deputy head of operations at the Castellón wastewater treatment plant of FACSA, presented to the attendees the conclusions of the study on the performance of the nitrification-denitrification process for the purification of wastewater through the use of artificial wetlands with and without vegetation.
The study, developed in collaboration with Iproma – laboratory for analysis and technical advice on environment and industrial hygiene – and the University of Santiago de Compostela, combines the use of the FISH tool with the characterization of physicochemical parameters of wastewater treated by wetlands.
For his part, Rubén García, a member of the Multiphase Fluids Group of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Construction at Universitat Jaume I, has presented a study - which is being developed jointly with members of FACSA - related to obtaining the Residence Time Distribution (RTD) and the modeling of the different strata of the wetland through computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation focused on the optimization of this type of treatment.
Both research projects have been carried out in collaboration with the Castellón Provincial Council, in two urban wastewater treatment plants in small towns that the company manages in the province.
The event, organized this year by the Universitat Politècnica de València and the International Water Association The International Water Association (IWA) conference brought together over 250 delegates from various countries. Universities, research centers and institutes, and companies specializing in wastewater treatment based on natural solutions met once again to share knowledge and promote the use of these low-cost and environmentally friendly purification systems.
