CETaqua (Water Technology Center)

Institution Description:

CETaqua is a non-profit foundation located in Barcelona that integrates research, technological development, and innovation projects on the water cycle. CETaqua was created by three founding partners: Spain’s biggest water utility, Aguas de Barcelona (Agbar Group); Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), and Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). CETaqua benefits from this synergy, which enables the centre to be aware of the sector’s current and future needs and to effectively transfer and apply the results of its research. CETaqua's Alternative Water Resources Programme develops new methodologies to integrate alternative resources into water management practices. To this end, CETaqua is currently involved in several projects aiming at promoting managed aquifer recharge (MAR), e.g. Life+ENSAT.

Involvement in DEMEAU:

CETaqua will contribute to WP 1.1 by providing information on the design and operation of MAR sites in Spain to create an integrated European catalogue. Within WP 1.4, CETaqua will perform column experiments investigating emerging pollutants’ behavior under different operation conditions (representing a broad range of European field conditions). These results will be included in the final toolbox to be applied in new potential MAR sites (e.g. in Castellon, Spain).

Institution website:

http://www.cetaqua.com

Marta

Hernandez

Marta Hernández has a degree in Environmental Sciences (UAB, 2004 Barcelona) and Postgraduate in Hydrogelogy (CIHS, UPC, 2009 Barcelona). she is specialised in groundwater systems: their exploration and use, pollution processes and remediation alternatives, their planning and management, as well as the knowledge of the interrelation with other phases of the hydrological cycle and the environment. Currenlty is working in CETaqua (Water Technology Centre) in the Alternative Water Resources Deparment. Main tasks are management of groundwater research projects and contribution in the preparation of proposals for National, European founding (Life+, FP7) and internal projects. Development of technical activities (literature review, data analysis, technical and administrative reports…).