Wastewater and Grey Water Footprint Assessment of the Olive Oil Production Process in Northwest Argentina
Argentina stands as the leading producer and exporter of olive products in the Americas, with the province of La Rioja as its main productive area. Since the 1990s, the olive grove cultivated area and related agro-industry in La Rioja have expanded. However, the resulting wastewater has generally be...
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| author | Vuksinic, Evelyn Miguel, Roberto Esteban Aldaya, Maite M. Rodríguez, Corina Iris |
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| description | Argentina stands as the leading producer and exporter of olive products in the Americas, with the province of La Rioja as its main productive area. Since the 1990s, the olive grove cultivated area and related agro-industry in La Rioja have expanded. However, the resulting wastewater has generally been neglected. The water footprint (WF) provides information about the water volume consumed and polluted by a production process. Since the 1990s, agricultural and agro-industrial activities in La Rioja have experienced substantial growth. This study aims to analyze the generation, quality, and management of Oil Mill Wastewater (OMWW) using the grey WF of chloride and nitrate as an indicator and focusing on two olive mills (OM) in La Rioja. Additionally, it seeks to examine the relationship between the international trade of provincial olive oil and the estimated grey WF. For the diagnosis of OMWW generation, a description of the production process was made coupled with flow and physico-chemical characterization. The total grey WF was 8.69 and 45.5 L water/L olive oil for OM 1 and OM 2, respectively. Nitrate was identified as the critical pollutant. The grey virtual water export related to the export of olive oil was 5569 m3 for OM 1 and 28,000 m3 for OM 2. The provincial grey virtual water export related to olive oil was 161,955 m3 with major trade destinations including Spain, the United States, and Brazil. The article analyses for the first time the grey WF of olive oil industries and assess the related grey virtual water exports. This research represents a step forward in the knowledge of wastewater management in the olive oil sector and facilitates the search for solutions to minimize negative environmental impacts while promoting cleaner production. |
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| spelling | INTA180552024-06-06T13:05:56Z Wastewater and Grey Water Footprint Assessment of the Olive Oil Production Process in Northwest Argentina Vuksinic, Evelyn Miguel, Roberto Esteban Aldaya, Maite M. Rodríguez, Corina Iris Aguas Residuales Aguas Grises Huella de Agua Aceite de Oliva Control de la Contaminación Ordenación de Aguas Wastewater Grey Water Water Footprint Olive Oil Pollution Control Water Management Región Noroeste, Argentina Argentina stands as the leading producer and exporter of olive products in the Americas, with the province of La Rioja as its main productive area. Since the 1990s, the olive grove cultivated area and related agro-industry in La Rioja have expanded. However, the resulting wastewater has generally been neglected. The water footprint (WF) provides information about the water volume consumed and polluted by a production process. Since the 1990s, agricultural and agro-industrial activities in La Rioja have experienced substantial growth. This study aims to analyze the generation, quality, and management of Oil Mill Wastewater (OMWW) using the grey WF of chloride and nitrate as an indicator and focusing on two olive mills (OM) in La Rioja. Additionally, it seeks to examine the relationship between the international trade of provincial olive oil and the estimated grey WF. For the diagnosis of OMWW generation, a description of the production process was made coupled with flow and physico-chemical characterization. The total grey WF was 8.69 and 45.5 L water/L olive oil for OM 1 and OM 2, respectively. Nitrate was identified as the critical pollutant. The grey virtual water export related to the export of olive oil was 5569 m3 for OM 1 and 28,000 m3 for OM 2. The provincial grey virtual water export related to olive oil was 161,955 m3 with major trade destinations including Spain, the United States, and Brazil. The article analyses for the first time the grey WF of olive oil industries and assess the related grey virtual water exports. This research represents a step forward in the knowledge of wastewater management in the olive oil sector and facilitates the search for solutions to minimize negative environmental impacts while promoting cleaner production. EEA Chilecito Fil: Vuksinic, Evelyn. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Chilecito; Argentina Fil: Miguel, Roberto Esteban. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Chilecito; Argentina Fil: Aldaya, Maite M. Public University of Navarra. Science Department; España Fil: Aldaya, Maite M. Public University of Navarra. Institute for Sustainability & Food Chain Innovation (IS-FOOD); España Fil: Rodríguez, Corina Iris. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Ambientales (CINEA); Argentina Fil: Rodríguez, Corina Iris. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina 2024-06-06T13:02:36Z 2024-06-06T13:02:36Z 2024-06 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/18055 https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/16/11/1612 2073-4441 https://doi.org/10.3390/w16111612 eng info:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/2023-PE-L03-I055, Abordaje para la prevención y mitigación de la degradación ambiental y la pérdida de biodiversidad en la Región NOA info:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/2023-PE-L03-I054, Aporte al estudio y gestión del recurso hídrico en áreas rurales y periurbanas del Noroeste Argentino info:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/2019-PT-E2-I163-001, Análisis de ciclo de vida y huellas ambientales info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf MDPI Water 16 (11) : 1612. (June 2024) |
| spellingShingle | Aguas Residuales Aguas Grises Huella de Agua Aceite de Oliva Control de la Contaminación Ordenación de Aguas Wastewater Grey Water Water Footprint Olive Oil Pollution Control Water Management Región Noroeste, Argentina Vuksinic, Evelyn Miguel, Roberto Esteban Aldaya, Maite M. Rodríguez, Corina Iris Wastewater and Grey Water Footprint Assessment of the Olive Oil Production Process in Northwest Argentina |
| title | Wastewater and Grey Water Footprint Assessment of the Olive Oil Production Process in Northwest Argentina |
| title_full | Wastewater and Grey Water Footprint Assessment of the Olive Oil Production Process in Northwest Argentina |
| title_fullStr | Wastewater and Grey Water Footprint Assessment of the Olive Oil Production Process in Northwest Argentina |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wastewater and Grey Water Footprint Assessment of the Olive Oil Production Process in Northwest Argentina |
| title_short | Wastewater and Grey Water Footprint Assessment of the Olive Oil Production Process in Northwest Argentina |
| title_sort | wastewater and grey water footprint assessment of the olive oil production process in northwest argentina |
| topic | Aguas Residuales Aguas Grises Huella de Agua Aceite de Oliva Control de la Contaminación Ordenación de Aguas Wastewater Grey Water Water Footprint Olive Oil Pollution Control Water Management Región Noroeste, Argentina |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/18055 https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/16/11/1612 https://doi.org/10.3390/w16111612 |
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