The technology that will allow to save the Tables of Daimiel


The technology that will allow to save the Tables of Daimiel



A project by WWF and Coca-Cola creates tools for saving millions of liters of water per year



   Las Tablas de Daimiel is a wetland that spans more than 3,000 hectares of La Mancha. They once occupied ten times more territory, but the overexploitation of the water that nourishes this treasure of biodiversity has left them at a minimum. Cereal crops such as corn and barley, melons, eggplant orchards, onions and garlic and, of course, the vineyard of La Mancha still competes for water from the aquifer 23, a key part of the hydrological system of the Upper Basin of the Guadiana River and essential contribution for the Las Tablas wetland.

    To reverse this situation, WWF and Coca-Cola launched the Mission Impossible project, which since 2012 seeks to return this immense bag of water of more than 5,500 square kilometers to a healthy state. Since then, the participating farms have saved around 2,500 million liters, which is more than twice the amount of water needed to fill the Santiago Bernabéu to the deck.

Thus, three free technologies have been developed to serve the communities of irrigators and the Tablas de Daimiel. The first of them accurately estimates the area that can be planted for each crop based on its water needs and the quantities authorized for irrigation by the authorities of the Guadiana river basin. The tool helps the farmer to decide the type of crop that gives better results depending on the available liquid. In 2016, water consumption was reduced by almost 300 million liters.

In 2016, water consumption was reduced by almost 300 million liters thanks to the technology implemented by WWF and Coca-Cola

On the other hand, the tool Sitar captures the data of the advisory service to the irrigator of the Ministry of the Environment to "perform a custom calculation of irrigation for each farmer according to his plot and his systems of irrigation, the type of crop and the type of soil ", explains the director of Mission Imposible, Alberto Fernández. Only last year accounted for more than 800 million liters of water per year.

And, thirdly, Optiwine, more than a tool, is a work method based on data and technology. During 2012 and 2013, appliances were installed in the vineyards to measure soil moisture, water consumption, solar radiation and temperature, as well as clamps in the vineyards to monitor their level of stress. Thus, a series of precise recommendations for grape growers was prepared. Today, the tool has evolved and has reduced its cost thanks to the analysis of high resolution images of the Landsat satellite. In 2016, the tool was used by 45 farmers in the area, who consumed almost 60 million liters less than traditional methods.

"When the project ends, we will leave the tools available to cooperatives and irrigation communities, for free use, in addition to a series of guides and publications of good practices," says Fernandez. In addition, everything learned in these years of project development can be applied to other agricultural areas. "We intend to export this project to other areas of the national territory and thus favor the development of a sustainable agriculture, efficient in the management of resources and respectful of the environment," says Juan José Litrán, director of corporate relations at Coca-Cola Iberia

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