Circular Economy and Water in Valladolid, Valladolid City Council http://www.oecd.org/cfe/regional-policy/11th-meeting-of-the-oecd-water-governance-initiative.htm

1. Rosa Huertas
Director
Finance, Administration and Economic Development.
Valladolid City Council
rhuertas@ava.es
Valladolid:
Circular
economy &
water
#ValladolidCircular

2. Cities and Circular
Economy

3. Tools at local level for Circular Economy
City as enabler:
Setting the conditions
for CE to happen
City as a
promoter:
roadmap,
integrate CE in
policies
City as
facilitator:
connecting
stakeholders

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Valladolid as promoter: Road map towards a
Circular Economy
1
DEFINE
APPROACH
•SEVILLE DECLARATION SIGNATORY
•BUDGET
POLITICAL
SUPPORT
•INTERDEPARTAMENTAL WORKING
GROUP
•LEAD BY THE INNOVATION AGENCY
TECHNICAL
COOPERATION
•INTEGRATE CE IN URBAN POLICIES
(LINKS TO OTHER STRATEGIES AND
PLANS)
•PRINCIPLES OF CE IN PUBLIC
PROCUREMENT
CROSS-
CUTTING
APPROACH
WASTE, ENERGY, URBAN
PLANNING, WATER…

5. Use only what is necessary: sustained and
sustainable reduction of citizen demand
in the last decades from 450 to 230 l/per/
day.
Circular economy in
Valladolid water policy
Consumers
Citizens, industry, services
1
Awareness
campaigns on the
decrease in water
consumption.
Do not waste the resource: maintenance of
the system's performance around 75%,
similar to other capitals.
https://vasitoymacetilla.es/
#AVENTURADELAGUA
Municipal schools orchards network

6. Circular economy in
Valladolid waterpolicy
Infraestructure
Plants, networks
2
Conserve water resources, by purifying
and returning to the river even up to
20% more water than taken.
Control of water losses and consumption:
sectorization of networks, remote control,
remote reading of meters.
Prolongation of the assets useful life: control of pressures, minimization of
breakdowns, analysis of incidents,
Optimization of investments : other uses of the WWTP
Recover waste resources: fertilizers from sewage sludge and biogas
generation for energetic self-sufficiency of the WWTP.
Treated water goes back
to the Pisuerga river

7. Circular economy in Valladolid urban
planning policy
7
Renaturing the city through nature based
solutions: green and blue infrastructure
NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS
SUDs.
Flood actions.
Green
pavements.
Water treatment.
Educational
activity.
Engagement.
City coaching.
Support activity.
Green route.
Arboreal
interventions.
Carbon capture.
Resting areas.
Vertical GI.
Horizontal GI.
Pollutants filter.
Smart soils.
Pollinators.
Urban farming.
Water
interventions
2
Renaturing
urbanization
1
Singular
Green
Infrastructure
s
3
Non-
technical
interventions
4

8. Circular economy in Valladolid urban
planning policy
8
Renaturing the city through nature based
solutions: green and blue infrastructure
Water
interventions
VAc13 Natural Wastewater Treatment Plant
VAc14 Parking Pavements
VAc9 SUDs
VAc10 Rain garden

9. Valladolid as enabler: Municipal GRANTS to
Circular Economy
Objective
Advance in the process of transition towards a more circular economy in
the municipality of Valladolid by promoting the realization of circular
economy projects.
Budget 2017
250.000 €  400.000 €
Budget 2018
600.000 €

10. Beneficiaries
• Private companies, associations of private
companies, non-profit entities or research centers.
• Fiscal domicile, social domicile or an activity center
in the municipality of Valladolid.
Eligible projects
1. Design, development and delivery of training
actions in Circular Economy.
2. Design and implementation of awareness actions
and dissemination of the Circular Economy.
3. Research studies and / or demonstration projects
of new products or services.
4. Implementation projects in the market for new
products or services.

11. Projects selected in 201723
Impluvium
Hogar circular
Cultura circular
EC Sector artesano
Educa auditorías
Pistachos ECO
CircularWeekend
ECO Circular
ValladolidEsCircular
KitSol
ValladolidColabora.com
Sofar Sounds
Fungyble
Recristal
VaHoreca 2030
Madera que
revive
Impresión 3D
Sandach El
Campillo
Lanaland
Fangos EDAR
EC Agroalimentario
Ecocivil
Bioenergía
I-Education & training
II-Dissemination
III-Research studies &
demonstration projects
IV-Implementation projects

12. Example of project co-founded by municipal grants
Design of a rainwater collection system
in buildings, if possible, in a flood-prone
area of Valladolid.
Adapted to educational and civic centers.
Objective: Reuse of water for irrigation of
school and / or urban gardens
Outcome: Up to 50% of water needs
can be got from rain water

13. CIRCULAR WEEKEND
 Presentations, workshops and advice.
 Post-event mentoring sessions for the best
projects / ideas.
 More than 50 participants.
4-5 may 2018 Valladolid
Circular projects and “circularizing”
projects presentations Collaborative working groups
#ValladolidCircular
Valladolid as facilitator: support to entrepreneurship

14. THANK YOU
@INNOLID
@VLDAdelante
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@VLDAdelante
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#ValladolidCircular
Rosa Huertas
Director
Finance, Administration and Economic Development.
Valladolid City Council
rhuertas@ava.es