Canaragua explains how to achieve 100% purification of wastewater in the Canary Islands

 

 

Program:XIII Water Culture Conference

 

 

The reuse of wastewater in the Canary Islands and the search for solutions to improve the purification process with minimal environmental impact through systems framed in the circular economy will focus the participation of Rafael Herrera Checa, director of Sustainable Development of Canaragua, during the second session of the XIII Culture Days, on October 19 at the León y Castillo House-Museum in Telde, starting at 18:00 p.m. Entry is free until full.

 

The engineer responsible for piloting the ecological transition of Canaragua, the first operator of the private and mixed water market in the environmental sector in the Canary Islands, offers a conference within the framework of the XIII Water Culture Conference, an annual event that is now essential for the analysis of the always complicated management of water resources in the Canary archipelago. On this occasion, Herrera Checa proposes to discuss the time horizon to achieve the reuse of 100% of wastewater in the Canary Islands, an arduous task not without obstacles, but with real possibilities of success with a time limit of approximately 10 years. .

 

 

 

 

“The increase in population in the Canary Islands has been accompanied by an increase in the demand for water in urban sectors,” the expert will explain in his speech. “This places increasing pressure on already limited resources. The sustainable management of water resources involves the reuse of treated water for irrigation: crops, parks, golf courses or cleaning public roads. However, the reuse of treated wastewater raises a series of problems related to public health. The quality of the purified water depends on the degree of contamination of the raw wastewater and the purification method used,” the engineer will try to clarify. 

 

Water purification consists of subjecting it to different physical, chemical and biotechnological procedures, to obtain water with better quality and quantity characteristics, according to the current values ​​of certain standardized parameters. This process is already carried out in around 32% of the wastewater in the Canary Islands, currently, explains Checa.

 

Career of Rafael Herrera Checa

 

Rafael Herrera Checa is an industrial engineer from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. In 2005 he started working in Canaragua, and developed his professional activity in the world of water, occupying different positions on the islands of Gran Canaria, La Palma and Fuerteventura. He has been responsible for the management of public water supply services for human consumption and sewerage, as well as desalination and purification facilities. He has also been responsible for the implementation of technologies, processes and infrastructure for efficiency and sustainability in the integral water cycle, mainly in tourist municipalities of the Canary Islands. Currently he is director of Sustainable Development and Social Action of Canaragua.

 

Rational and sustainable use

 

Raising awareness about the rational and sustainable use of water and the excessive volume necessary in industrial processes and in life habits is the subject of the conference by engineer Fernando Andrés Ojeda Pérez, who will speak on October 19, at 19:00 p.m. hours, on the concept of 'water footprint', coined by Arjen Hoekstra.

 

The Conference will culminate on October 20 with an approach to hydroelectric storage projects for renewable energy (RES) and development of energy storage, with conferences by Hilario Torres Herrera, specialist in renewable energies and Yonay Concepción Guodemar, engineer of the Council Insular de Aguas de Gran Canaria and technical director of the Salto de Chira reversible pumping hydroelectric plant.

 

The XIII Conference is complemented by a visit to the exhibition 'Mar de Isla', by Gran Canaria photographer Nacho González Oramas, inaugurated on September 14 at the León y Castillo House-Museum.

 

Program of the XIII Water Culture Conference

 

Thursday, October 19

18,00:100 p.m. The reuse of wastewater in the Canary Islands and the challenge of reaching XNUMX%

Rafael Herrera Czech. Industrial Engineer. Sustainability Director of Canaragua Concesiones, SA

19,00:XNUMX p.m. The water footprint.

Fernando Ojeda Pérez. Industrial Engineer Cultural Association El Block.

 

Friday, October 20

18,00:XNUMX p.m. Potential of Gran Canaria dams to build hydroelectric plants.

Hilario José Torres Herrera. Industrial Engineer Specialist in Renewable Energies.

19,00:XNUMX p.m. The Chira-Soria hydroelectric plant.

Yonay Concepción Guodemar. Technical director of the Chira-Soria Jump.

 

Saturday, October 21

11,00:XNUMX a.m. Visit to a hydraulic well