{"id":18431,"date":"2016-05-29T12:41:54","date_gmt":"2016-05-29T10:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novagric.com\/life-aquemfree-water-decontamination-with-photocatalysis\/"},"modified":"2024-06-13T11:20:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T09:20:12","slug":"life-aquemfree-water-decontamination-with-photocatalysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novagric.com\/en\/life-aquemfree-water-decontamination-with-photocatalysis\/","title":{"rendered":"LIFE Aquemfree. Water decontamination with photocatalysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The objective of the <strong>Life-Aquemfree<\/strong> project is to offer producers in the Region an alternative, economical and ecological technique to completely eliminate pesticide residues contained in the wastewater generated on their farms.<\/p>\n<p>The project will allow the Region of Murcia to once again become a pioneer, by achieving the degradation of a large part of the phytosanitary products resulting from this cleaning and rinsing.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The patent developed through the European project called LIFE-Aquemfree has succeeded in eliminating 83% of the pollutant load in irrigation wastewater, using solar photocatalysis. In this way, through the absorption of light, water from backwash, rinsing and cleaning can be decontaminated.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Dz4S880tJG8?si=r63kIkJfuYDpNcaZ\" width=\"900\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The 48-month project was carried out on four farms in the region with the aim of solving real problems, especially in the Mediterranean area, by means of an innovative technological solution.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the development of technological innovation that solves problems from a technical, economic and environmental point of view is foreseen; new business models are proposed to provide services to farmers and governance mechanisms that include legal and financial aspects have been studied.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cE&#8221;This project arises to provide a real solution to manage pesticide waste, as the Life-Aqueemfree system can offer an environmentally compatible solution and is economically viable<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4285 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/novagric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/17Aquemfree_020_2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novagric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/17Aquemfree_020_2-1-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/novagric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/17Aquemfree_020_2-1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/novagric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/17Aquemfree_020_2-1-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/novagric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/17Aquemfree_020_2-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novagric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/17Aquemfree_020_2-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Partners<\/h3>\n<p>NOVAGRIC (Novedades Agr\u00edcolas, S.A.) participates in this project together with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Murcian Institute for Agricultural Research and Development (<strong>Imida<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>University of Murcia<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fecoam<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Financing<\/h3>\n<p>The project is co-funded by the <strong>European Commission&#8217;s Life program<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4292\" src=\"https:\/\/novagric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo_life.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"113\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cost-effective and environmentally friendly technology to remove pesticide residues from farm wastewater.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4289,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[315,292,216,381],"tags":[490,492,494,493,526],"class_list":["post-18431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agricultural-innovation","category-organic-farming","category-tratamiento-de-aguas","category-water-treatment","tag-agricultural-innovations","tag-innovative-agricultural-projects","tag-organic-farming","tag-sustainable-agriculture-en","tag-water-treatment"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>LIFE Aquemfree. 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