MONTHLY NEWS

Approval of the extension to 20 cubic hectometres of capacity of the Marbella desalination plant

SWPC has received two bids, including from one of our partners, for the construction of the Ras Mohaisen desalination plant, south of Mecca (Saudi Arabia)

Renovation of a rack at the Racons desalination plant in Denia (Alicante) to guarantee quality supply

European Parliament gives green light to new EU waste water legislation

Completion of works to allow the use of reclaimed water in Atlanterra (Cádiz)

The ACA calls for tenders for the enlargement of the l’Escala water reclamation plant

The use in agriculture of regenerated water from the wastewater treatment plants in La Axarquía (Málaga) has led to the recovery of posidonia meadows in the area of the Paraje Natural de los Acantilados de Maro-Cerro Gordo

The Port of Tarragona studies the construction of a desalination plant in Salou

Lanzarote will be able to irrigate and put into production more than 1,300 hectares of arable land in Tinajo and Teguise with the installation of a reverse osmosis seawater desalination plant, with a production capacity of 3,600 m3/day

Five bids were submitted, several from our partners, to operate the Ibiza desalination plants for five years in two contracts worth a total of 27.5 million euros

Seville will be the venue for the next edition of the European Hydrogen Congress

The Government is working on the preliminary steps for the drafting of the project for the La Axarquía desalination plant

The Government and the Junta de Andalucía are working to bring water by tanker to Malaga

Five towns in Burgos exceed nitrate levels in drinking water

New EU-wide standard methodology to measure the presence of microplastics in water

The European Commission adopts a delegated act on water reuse, specifying the key technical elements to be examined and taken into account when preparing risk management plans

Figueres (Girona) to increase the flow of the river Muga with reclaimed water

1.5 million to reuse reclaimed water from the La Alameda Irrigation Community (Jaén)

Cadiz and San Fernando will be able to use the water from the wastewater treatment plant for irrigation and irrigation from summer onwards thanks to a portable plant that will allow the tertiary system to be applied and reuse up to 300 m3/day

Malaga seeks to increase the treatment capacity of the El Atabal desalination plant and the Guadalhorce WWTP by promoting two innovation projects to increase the production of water resources, reduce costs and generate energy from biogas

Alicante reuses 80% more water for agricultural use today than in 2010

The Spanish Federation of Food and Drink Industries (FIAB) has called on the government to allow the use of reused water in the food and drink industry

The Consell and town councils will ask the Govern for a study on the viability of the new desalination plant in Maó (Menorca)

Congress proposes the use of reclaimed water in the meat industry and livestock farming

The Catalan horticulture sector is asking to be allowed to irrigate with reclaimed water

The European Parliament has adopted a new directive and a new regulation to reduce emissions of industrial pollutants into water, soil and air pollution

Saudi-based Acwa Power will build Senegal’s first seawater desalination plant on the Grande Côte, about 40 km northeast of Dakar. Construction will be in two phases, each of which will produce 200,000 m3/day

The state-owned PowerChina Group has been awarded the construction of a desalination plant with a production capacity of 1,000,000m3/day in southern Iraq

Chile plans to launch tender for first desalination concession by year-end

Murcia shows its water purification and reclamation model to the California almond industry

El Poniente almeriense gains 14 cubic hectometres of reclaimed water after the inauguration of the tertiary treatment plant at the El Ejido WWTP

A seahorse is discovered in the vicinity of the Melilla desalination plant pipelines

The Generalitat will give Benidorm the Terra Mítica outfall to build a desalination plant

The Balearic Water Agency has extended the contract for the operation, maintenance and conservation service of the desalination plant in Ciutadella (Menorca) for a period of one year

The Cabildo of Tenerife invests 4.1 million in the improvement of the underwater outfall of the Adeje-Arona desalination plant, extending the outfall by 200 metres and leaving the outlet at a depth of more than 40 metres

Half of the water consumed in Melilla comes from the desalination plant

The General Meeting of the Marina Alta Water Supply and Sanitation Consortium has approved the project to connect the Xàbia desalination plant with Teulada-Benitatxell

Ibiza and Formentera receive two concessions to use treated and desalinated water in agriculture

Catalonia has ruled out the use of boats with water from the Sagunt desalination plant until August after the rains of the last few days

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