First Name:
Barbara
Last Name:
Sarnari
Type of BP
Technical solution
Typology of Non- Conventional Water Resources (NCWR) What kind of NCWR do you deal with ?:
Greywater (GW)
What are the challenges raised by your Best Practice?
Poor quality of treated water
How could you describe your Best Practice?
The greenwall of Ferla (Wall2Water) is one of the demo site of the Nawamed project. The Living Wall implemented in Ferla (Sicily) treats greywater (from sinks) produced by the middle school Istituto Comprensivo Statale “Valle dell'Anapo”, in Sicily, Italy, with a total of about 190 students. The system was designed considering to treat a greywater flow rate of 1.3 m3/d, about 260 m3/year, corresponding to 23% of the school’s water demand for toilet flushing.
The Living Wall covers an area of about 30 square meters, and is divided into 3 façades (north-west, north-east, south-east). The treated greywater is accumulated in an underground deposit and reused for toilet flushing and irrigation.
Please describe your Best Practice in 5 keywords?
innovative , decentralised , easy maintenance , water circularity , nice
In which area has your Best Practice been implemented ?
Urban area
Best Practice location implementation (Country)
Italy
Localisation
POINT (14.15505 37.58779)
Who are the beneficiaries and/or the target group of your Best Practice ?
Local Population, Municipalities
f the Best Practice has been implemented within a partnership, who were your partners ?
Iridra srl (technical partner of the NAWAMED project)
Have you involved stakeholders?
Yes
Please list them
Many stakeholders have been involved for sharing know-how and eveluate replicability of the solution, mainly Ferla Municipality (associated partner), Syracuse Municipality and the network of the professional technicians of Syracuse (about 5000 experts between architects, engineers, surveyors, agronomists)
What are the obstacles to implementation of Best Practice ?
Lack of dissemination of success stories related to NCW, Isuffi cient funding instruments to support solution for NCW
Did you receive funding for the research and development of the proposed BP?
Yes
Please indicate the source of funding
EU funding
What difficulties you have faced to access the funding ?
no difficulties
Has your Best Practice been validated/upscaled?
ongoing
Is there the potential to exploit/outscale the Best Practice?
yes, there is
Do you have or know any platform of sharing Best Practice that you would like to link to this inventory platform?
No
Does your Best Practice contribute to an innovation? If so, please provide a short description of the innovative component
In recent years, scientists and engineers have focused on ways to exploit the possibility of treating greywater with natural techniques in urban contexts, with solutions that use normally unused surfaces, such as walls and roofs, thus saving space on the ground. Nonetheless, only a few examples exist outside the inner circle of university lab-scale attempts, namely, the VertECO, an indoor green wall system purifying stormwater and greywater developed in the EU funded project demEAUmed, or the Total Value Wall a building envelope designed and tested for the treatment of greywater in Continental climate conditions by a consortium of academic, NGO and private partners (some data available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113489). The Ferla Wall2Water contributes to this exciting new frontier of green infrastructure, offering multiple ecosystem services and aesthetic functions in urban areas by integrating a nature-based solution into a public building in a Mediterranean climate location.
Please indicate the acronyms of used &/or developed technologies/Tools
Wall2Water
Please indicate the TRL associated with your Best Practice
TRL7 : System prototype demonstration in operational environment
Flow rate (m3/day)
1.30
What is the necessary area to implement your Best Practice (m2) ?
30.00
What is the necessary area to implement your BP ?
The green wall covers a surface of some 30 square meters
Comment : Salinity
NA
Comment : Suspended solids SS
NA
Comment : COD
NA
Comment : BOD5
NA
Comment : Phosphorus content
NA
NA
Comment : Metal and other chemical substances
NA
Flow rate (m3/day) of treated NCW
1.20
Flow rate of treated NCW
1.2
What is the average number of people producing this NCW flow per day
NA
Efficiency (BOD5 % Removal)
NA
Comment : Efficiency (COD % Removal):
NA
Efficiency (SS % Removal):
NA
Efficiency (Salinity % Removal)
NA
Comment : Other (% Removal)
NA
What is the impact on the beneficiaries of your Best Practice ?:
educational for the students and citizens, economic and high visibility for the school and Municipality
Total Cost (€):
70000.00
O&M Cost (€):
3000.00
Capital Cost
NA
Comment : Average Energy consumption:
NA
Toilet Flushing, Garden Irrigation
Price of treated NCW
NA
How your Best Practice is economically feasible ?
exploting the economy to the quantity of water not pumped from the ground (high energy cost taking in account that the town is on the montain) and the reduced quantity of wastewater to treat
Is your Best Practice socially acceptable ?
10
Is your Best Practice economically viable ?
6
Is your Best Practice environmentally sustainable ?
10
Please indicate the other various social impact of your Best Practice :
Social Cohesion, Preservation of living environment, Improvment of health conditions, Sustaining natural ecosystems
To which Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) your Best Practice contributes?
SDG3: Good Health and Well-being, SDG4: Quality Education, SDG6: Clean Water and Sanitation, SDG11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, SDG12: Responsible Consumption and Production, SDG13: Climate Action, SDG14: Life Below Water
solution can be efficent and nice contemporary! NBS, water reuse and Urban regeneration has the key for improve not only the water management system but also the behaviour of people
Have you any recommendation to add?
act and communicate - communicate and act
Please indicate the acronyms of used &/or developed technologies/Tools:
Biological Process, Aerobic, UV, Nature based process, Living wall, UV