Name:
Experimental development of a green filter for the purification of the effluents of the “El Albujón” wadi using native consortiums of microalgae (RAMBLA)

Developed by:
BUGGYPOWER/ SPAIN

Country(ies) involved:
Spain

Funding sources:
International

General idea:
To use native microalgae to generate a green filter that reduces the organic and anthropic pollution produced mainly by agriculture and tourist activities in the Mar Menor area.The best practitice adresses the environment field.

Description:
RAMBLA is an initiative aimed at the research and experimental development of a “green filter” system that would serve to purify contaminated effluents from the El Albujón watercourse (Mar Menor area in Murcia Region), using local microalga consortia. The contribution of the nutrients contained in these effluents is one of the main causes of the eutrophication of the Mar Menor, the largest salty lagoon in Europe.
The results have shown that the purification of this type of effluents using indigenous microalgae consortiums is technically and economically feasible. The yield obtained from this system was optimal and a large percentage of chemical fertilizer compounds (nitrates, phosphates, etc.) contained in the water of the watercourse was eliminated, as well as almost all the present emerging contaminants were reduced (herbicides and drugs).

TRL:
8. System complete and qualified

Sources:
Literarute review- Link: http://www.buggypower.eu/blog/research-and-experimental-development-of-green-filter-for-the-depuration-of-the-el-albujon-watercourse-effluents-by-using-native-microalgae-consortia/