Innovative strategies for slurry management in livestock farms: obtaining water and high agronomic value products
The AQUAPUR project aims to transform slurry generated on livestock farms into valuable resources, contributing to improving the competitiveness, sustainability and resilience of the sector.
To achieve this, AQUAPUR will evaluate consolidated and emerging technologies for slurry treatment, with the aim of recovering nutrients to obtain fertilising products with high agronomic value, producing reclaimed water with potential for reuse in agri-livestock activities, and valorising slurry for energy purposes through the production of biogas as a renewable source. In addition, it will analyse the capacity of these technologies to reduce emerging contaminants, such as veterinary antibiotics, and pathogenic microorganisms, minimising the environmental and health risks associated with slurry management.
The project will demonstrate these solutions on farms in Galicia, Catalonia and Aragón, taking into account the different productive, environmental and regulatory characteristics of each territory. Through a multi-actor approach, AQUAPUR will generate knowledge and tools to promote a more circular management of resources in the agri-livestock sector.
