Wastewater is a Resource Havana, Cuba

Located in Havana, Cuba.

Tropical Climate


Context

Urban sewage collection systems flow by gravity to creeks and streams of the Havana Metropolitan Park. This pilot aquaculture waste treatment facility was designed and built to reclaim this wastewater for reuse as irrigation water for organic urban agriculture and to grow flowers for export to Canada.


This project was featured in Dr David Suzuki’s The Nature of Things. The 2-part series entitled Cuba: The Accidental Revolution aired on July 30, 2006. Available here.

"Anyone interested in ecologically sustainable development...will find this documentary thought provoking." Gregory Biniowsky, Canadian Development and the Environment Consultant living in Cuba


Project Data

 

Construction completed:
June 30, 2006
System Type:
Tertiary treatment of raw sewage
Detention time:
2 - 2.5 days
Size of facility:
300 m2
Discharge Objectives:
BOD: 20 mg/L
TSS: 20 mg/L
Service area:
300 homes
Collection system:
Gravity
Average daily flow:
150 m3/day
Expanded daily flow:
300 m3/day
Recommended Conservation measures:
Low flush toilets
Low flow showerheads
Sink aerators
Disposal / reuse:
Irrigation and river
Resource recovery products:
Aquatic pond plants
Ornamental plants
Compost fertilizer
Garden bedding plants
Ornamental fish & snails
Hydroponic herbs & flowers
Special features:
Food forest
Vegetable garden
Catfish pond
Training centre
Integrated bioponics
Funding source:
CIDA, INRH, GPMH
Capital cost:
C$150,000
O&M cost:
C$5,000 / year
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