First Name:
Saifeddine
Last Name:
ETURKI
Type of BP
Technical solution
Typology of Non- Conventional Water Resources (NCWR) What kind of NCWR do you deal with ?:
Municipal wastewater (MWW)
What are the challenges raised by your Best Practice?
Difficult access to water, Poor quality of treated water, Environmental pollution
How could you describe your Best Practice?
Inexpensive, effective and sustainable tertiary treatment process.
Please describe your Best Practice in 5 keywords?
wastewater, tertiary treatment, Infiltration percolation, phytoremediation, Wastewater reuse
Please provide any links to useful documentations (including website)presenting your Best Practice
In which area has your Best Practice been implemented ?
Agricultural area
Best Practice location implementation (Country)
Tunisia
Localisation
POINT (9.7899797036976 33.857964192832)
Please add the date of implementation of your best practice
Who are the beneficiaries and/or the target group of your Best Practice ?
Farmers
Have you involved stakeholders?
Yes
What are the obstacles to implementation of Best Practice ?
Lack of an adequate regulatory framework, 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?
No
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
The infiltration percolation tertiary treatment is a sustainable solution. the purifying performance of the system is important and this technique is based on the purifying power of the useful substances (sand and clay); the effectiveness of this technique becomes better when coupled with phytoremediation.
What technolog(ies) and/or tool(s) has(ve) been used for your Best Practice ?
Infiltration percolation combined with phytoremediation
Please indicate the TRL associated with your Best Practice
TRL7 : System prototype demonstration in operational environment
Flow rate (m3/day)
1.50
Flow rate (m3/day) of treated NCW
1.50
Field irrigation
Is your Best Practice economically viable ?
8
Is your Best Practice environmentally sustainable ?
10
Please indicate the other various social impact of your Best Practice :
Preservation of living environment, Improvment of health conditions, Sustaining natural ecosystems
To which Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) your Best Practice contributes?
SDG6: Clean Water and Sanitation
Please indicate the acronyms of used &/or developed technologies/Tools:
Biological Process, Desinfection process, Constructed Wetland, Soil infiltration, Oxidation process