Type
Industry and Energy
Local
Portugal
State
Finished
Year
2017
Client
FIT - Fomento da Indústria do Tomate, S.A.
The aim of the project is to change or extend the industrial facility of the industry Fomento da Indústria do Tomate, S.A., in order to improve its environmental efficiency. These changes/extensions include:
- Installation of a new Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant (ETARI) to treat the industrial wastewaters produced in the manufacturing process, including the construction of 2 tanks and 3 support buildings (1 of control and 2 of ventilation), in a total implantation area of close to 10 100 m2;
- Expansion of one of the industrial plant’ buildings by constructing a new building for installation of new equipment in order to increase the filling capacity of the final product, with total implantation area of close to 593 m2;
- Impermeabilization of areas which will be used as a finished product storage’ park, with a total area of close to 8 535 m2;
- Installation of new equipment, including equipment associated with the ETARI; one evaporator with a capacity of 500 t/day of fresh tomato; capacity increase of the RO (Reverse Osmosis) in 120 t/day of fresh tomato; and one boiler for generating steam with a thermal input of 13.95 MW.
The execution of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment of the industrial plant of Fomento da Indústria do Tomate included the following activities:
- Characterization of the reference situation with the aim of describing the current scenario in terms of biophysical, environmental and socio-economic factors identified as relevant for the study area, namely climate, geology, geomorphology, geotechnics, water resources and water quality, soils, current land use, ecological systems, air quality, environmental noise, waste management, landscape, heritage, territorial planning, constraints, easements and restrictions of public utility and socio-economic aspects;
- Identification and evaluation of the environmental impacts on the environmental elements mentioned above resulting from the implementation of the Project (at the construction and operating stages given that impacts at the deactivation stage are similar to the impacts in the construction stage, except the socio-economic impacts);
- Proposal of mitigation measures with the aim to avoid, reduce or compensate the identified negative impacts and enhance the positive impacts during construction and operating stages;
- Proposal of monitoring programmes for the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness of the minimization measures, to avoid and minimize the negative environmental impacts resulting from the implementation of the Project. These programmes included monitoring of groundwater and surface water, air and environmental noise.
