Carlos A. Mendieta-Pino has a PhD in Industrial Engineering. He is currently a lecturer in the Department of Process Engineering at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Since 2005, he has been working in collaboration with the Gran Canaria Island Government on the pilot project "Treatment systems for effluents with a high organic load". The objective of this project is to transfer knowledge to society through the application of viable solutions to the problems that have been detected in the management of agricultural and livestock waste. As a result of this collaboration, four effluent treatment plants have been designed and put into operation on livestock farms on the island.