Review of the environmental impact assessment process of wastewater treatment plants in Spain

• Autorzy: Fuentes-Bargues J. L.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.5277/epe180402

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The environmental impact over natural water systems, both marine and land, of the sewage is minimized with the treatment at Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs), but these facilities also generate environmental impacts during the construction period and during the operation period. A review of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) process of WWTPs in Spain through the analysis of records of decision (RODs) between 2000 and 2016 has been performed in this work. The major environmental impacts during the construction period are noise, land use and disturbance of the air and water’s quality. During the operation period, the major environmental impacts are noise, odors from the depuration process and the visual impact of the facilities. About the EIA process, results show the processing time is too long, scoping phase has a success rate about 57.2% and regional public administrations are the most participative, both at scoping phase and at public participation phase. In general, public participation during period of exhibition is very low, in twelve of the RODs nobody submitted any report. The role of environmental project manager and the work environmental journal must be strengthened.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

environmental impact assessment; EIA; wastewater treatment plants

PL

ocena oddziaływania na środowisko; EIA; oczyszczalnie ścieków

• Wydawca: Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Wrocławskiej
• Czasopismo: Environment Protection Engineering
• Rocznik: 2018
• Tom: Vol. 44, nr 4
• Strony: 23--41
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 25 poz., tab., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Fuentes-Bargues J. L.

• Universitat Politècnica de València

Bibliografia

• [1] FOLEY J., DE HAAS D., HARTLEY K., LANT P., Comprehensive life cycle inventories of alternative wastewater treatment systems, Water Res., 2010, 44, 1654–1656.
• [2] RODRIGUEZ-GARCÍA G., MOLINOS-SENANTE M., HOSPIDO A., HERNÁNDEZ-SANCHO F., MOREIRA M.T., FEIJOO G., Environmental and economic profile of six typologies of wastewater treatment plants, Water Res., 2011, 45, 5997–6010.
• [3] MOLINOS-SENANTE M., HERNÁNDEZ-SANCHO F., SALA-GARRIDO R., Cost-benefit analysis of water reuse projects for environmental purposes: A case of study for Spanish wastewater treatment plants, J. Environ. Manage., 2011, 92, 3091–3097.
• [4] HERNÁNDEZ-SANCHO F., MOLINOS-SENANTE M., SALA-GARRIDO R., Economic valuation of environmental benefits from wastewater treatment process: An empirical approach for Spain, Sci. Total Environ., 2010, 408, 953–957.
• [5] GALLEGO A., HOSPIDO A., MOREIRA M.T., FEIJOO G., Environmental performance of wastewater treatment plants for small populations, Res. Cons. Rec., 2008, 52, 931–940.
• [6] European Union. Directive 2000/60/EEC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for the community action in the field of water policy (EEU Water Framework Directive), Off. J. Eur. Union, 2000, L327, 1–72.
• [7] European Union. Directive 91/271/EEC of the Council of 21 May 1001 concerning urban waste water treatment. Off. J. Eur. Union, 1991, L135, 40–52.
• [8] European Union. Directive 2014/52/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 amending Directive 2011/92/EU on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment. Off. J. Eur. Union, 2014, L124, 1–18.
• [9] European Union. Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27th June 2011, on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment. Off. J.Eur. Union, 2001, L197, 30–37.
• [10] Spanish Government. Royal Decree 1302/1986, of the 28th June, on Environmental Impact Assessment. Bol. Oficial Estado, 1986, 155, 23733–23736.
• [11] Spanish Government. Royal Decree 1131/1988, of the 30th September, that develops the EIA regulation on RD 1302/1986. Bol. Oficial Estado, 1988, 239, 28911–28915.
• [12] Spanish Government. Royal Decree 1/2008, of the 11th January, of Environmental Impact Assessment of Projects. Bol. Oficial Estado, 2008, 23, 4986–5000.
• [13] Spanish Government. Act 6/2010, of the 24th March, for modification of the Act 1/2008 of the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulation. Bol. Oficial Estado, 2010, 73, 28590–28597.
• [14] Spanish Government. Act 21/2013, of the 11th December, of Environmental Impact Assessment. Bol. Oficial Estado, 2013, 296, 98151–98227.
• [15] Spanish Government. Resoluciones de la Secretaría General para la Prevención de la Contaminación y el Cambio Climático, por la que se formulan declaraciones de impacto ambiental de plantas de desalación de agua marina. Bol. Oficial Estado, 2000–2016.
• [16] VILLARROYA A., PUIG J., A proposal to improve ecological compensation practice in road and railway projects in Spain, Environ. Impact Assess., 2013, 42, 87–94.
• [17] PIZARRO-CAMACHO D., SOCA-OLAZÁBAL N., Análisis del cumplimiento de la normativa estatal sobre la evaluación de impacto ambiental para proyectos de grandes presas, Inf. Constr., 2001, 53 (476), 21–26 (In Spanish).
• [18] FUENTES-BARGUES J.L., Análisis del proceso de Evaluación de Impacto Ambiental de los Proyectos de Plantas de Regasificación de Gas Natural Licuado, Dyna Ener. Sosten., 2013, 2, DOI: 10.6036/ES6941 (in Spanish).
• [19] FUENTES-BARGUES J.L., Analysis of the process of environmental impact assessment for seawater desalination plants in Spain, Desalination, 2014, 347, 166–174.
• [20] ENRÍQUEZ-DE-SALAMANCA A., MARTÍN-ARANDA R.M., DÍAZ-SIERRA R., Consideration of climate change on environmental impact assessment in Spain, Environ. Impact Assess., 2016, 57, 31–39.
• [21] GHK, Collection of information and data to support the IA study of the review of the EIA Directive, http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eia/pdf/collection_data.pdf. Accessed: January 2014.
• [22] DE LA FUENTE J.A., OVEJERO M., QUERALT I., Environmental management of residual brines from sea water desalination plants, Geo-Temas, 2008, 10, 1125–1128.
• [23] MORRISON-SAUNDERS A., ARTS J., BAKER J., CALDWELL P., Roles and stakes in environmental impact assessment follow-up, Impact Assess. Proj. A, 2001, 19 (4), 289–296.
• [24] RUIZ-ARRIAGA S., GARCÍA SÁNCHEZ-COLOMER M.R., Análisis descriptivo de la Dirección Ambiental de Obra en las Declaraciones de Impacto Ambiental de proyectos de Ingeniería, Civil. Ing. Civ., 2010,160, 92–101 (in Spanish).
• [25] ZHAO T.N., WU J.W., WANG X., SHI M.C., Current conditions, problems, and countermeasures of environmental impact assessment in China, J. Beijing Forest. Univ., 2001, 23 (2), 67–71.

Uwagi

PL

Opracowanie rekordu w ramach umowy 509/P-DUN/2018 ze środków MNiSW przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (2019).