Spain: Desalinators and wastewater to fight the thirst of Sicilian oranges

Faced with the water emergency that has hit the island hard this year, the Sicilian citrus district does not want to sit on its hands and has decided to test two options: the first is the possibility of resorting to the desalination of groundwater, the second is that of phytoremediation of wastewater. Both projects for the Sicilian orange supply chain were presented to the Ministry of Agriculture, during the conference on Wednesday 27 November dedicated to citrus growing. The idea of the district operators is to purchase and test a portable desalination plant to be used experimentally in various regional citrus growing areas. Furthermore, thanks to the screening of the realities that already use phytoremediation, the potential for treating wastewater through this technique will be analyzed. The initiative is part of the projects developed by the district in collaboration with the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture of the University of Catania with the support of ...