Last 22-24th May, Rosanna Margalef Marti and Manuela Barbieri visited the Constructed Wetland placed in the study site of Ejea de los Caballeros (Zaragoza, Spain) to develop several activities related to the PRIMA 2022 NPP-SOL project (PCI2023-143359, funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and cofounded by the EU), in which MAiMA is one of the partners.
With the MSc student Marvin Andres Murillo Cabezas from CIHEAM Montpellier, also partner of the project, we visited the local stakeholders as well as several farmers to gain information on agricultural and livestock management practices in the study area. This will allow CIHEAM Montpellier to develop a bioeconomic model.
On the other hand, and with the invaluable support of Jesus Causapé from Igme Instituto Geológico y Minero de España-CSIC, we started setting-up a biostimulation strategy that will allow increasing the denitrification efficiency in the Constructed Wetland. To this end, we are using a safe by-product from the agrifood industry to contribute to a circular economy.
To evaluate the feasibility of this approach we performed the first sampling campaigns for chemical and isotopic characterization of water. We are eager to carry on the biostimulation and to see the results!
