Collecting system and waste

water treatment in the Region

of Murcia (Spain)

Agustín Lahora1 & Guillermo Heras2

1ESAMUR. C/ Madre Paula Gil Cano, 2. Edf. Torre JEMECA 9ª 30009 Murcia. agustin.lahora@esamur.com2TYPSA C/ Madre Paula Gil Cano, 2. Edf. Torre JEMECA 7ª. 30009 Murcia. gheras@typsa.es

• SW of Europe (SE Spain)

• 11.313 km2

• 45 municipallity

• Advanced agriculture

• Water scarcity

• Water efficiency

• Waste water reuse

REGION OF MURCIA

Urban waste-water treatment Directive 91/271/EECWater Framework Directive 2000/60/EC

Population 1.461.979

Equivalent Population 2.498.418

Population percentage with adecuate water

treatment99 %

Waste Water SECONDARY Treatmen Plant 49

Waste Water TERTIARY Treatmen Plant 47

Pumping Station 42

Anual Volume (Hm3/year) 110

Programe for Waste Water Treatment

Region of Murcia 2001-2010

• Build wastewater infraestructures• Maintenance and operation• Industrial waste treatment at source

Regional Agency for Operation and control of waste

water treatment plant. Region of Murcia

WATER TREATMENT PLANT

WATER TREATMENT PLANT WITH TERTIARY

TERTIARY TREATMENT

SANDY FILTERCOAGULATION

MEMBRANE UV-DESINFECTION

DOMESTIC WASTE

WATER

INDUSTRIAL WASTE WATER

WASTE WATER

TREATMEN PLANT

RIVER OR

COASTAL WATER

RE-USE OF TREATED WASTE

WATER

COLLECTING SYSTEM

SLUDGE MANAGEMENT

Pre-treatment

URBAN WASTE WATER

WATER FLOW DIAGRAM

ESAMUR SIG development by the collective and personal efforts. Thanks.

LEYENDA

Área Aglomeraciones

Área Núcleos de población

Establecimientos

Parcelas de fangos

[� Nuevos Desarrollos

[� Polígonos Industriales

!. Núcleos de población

�� Ptos. Entrega

!A Ptos. Alivio

VTU Ptos. Vertido

Tramos Emisario

Tramos Impulsión

Tramos Colector

$1 EBAR

/ EDAR

• Collecting system

• Pumping stations

• Treatment plant

• Discharges of industrial wastewater into

urban sewage

• Application of sewage sludge in agriculture

• Re-use of treated wastewater

• Population

• Industrial areas

GIS USE (I)

COMPLETE INVENTORY OF URBAN WASTE WATER INFRAESTRUCTURES AND

MANAGEMENT

GIS USE (II): FLEX VIEWER

GIS USE (III):

WASTEWATER ORIGIN AND TRANSPORT• Collecting system

• Pumping stations

• Industrial wastewater into urban sewage

GIS USE (IV):

URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS

• Localities

• Industrial areas

• New urban development

An AREA where the population and/or economic activities are

sufficiently concentrated for urban waste water to be collected

and conducted to an urban waste water treatmen plant or to a

final discharge point

!. Núcleos de población

[� Polígonos Industriales

[� Nuevos Desarrollos

GIS USE (V):

DESTINATION OF TREATED WATER (REUSE

OR DISCHARGE)

�� Ptos. Entrega

VTU Ptos. Vertido

Tramos Emisario

GIS USE (VI):

TRACEABILITY OF SLUDGE

SLUDGE PLOT

GIS USE (VII):

INDUSTRIAL WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT,

INSPECTION AND PLANIFICATION

Parcelas de fangos

GIS ENTITIES

Inventory of entities in ESAMUR GIS

Lineal entities Other entities

(In kilometers) (Number)

YearCollecting

pipes

Pumpped

pipes

Clean water

pipes

Urban

areasUWWTP

Points of

water

discharge

Pumping

stations

Points of

agriculture

reuse

Industrial

entities

Future urban

areas

2006 893 247 70 685 180 19 281 25 314 0

2007 1.810 383 162 685 364 66 299 57 865 177

2008 1.085 272 65 678 324 79 300 55 840 198

2009 1.160 316 63 693 269 79 332 55 820 233

2010 1.273 340 62 690 269 82 356 55 824 233