26| 2020 Sustainability Report |Aqualia’s horizon July • Ecosistemas Morelos (EMSA) was purchased enabling the company to strengthen its presence in Mexico. • A new edition of the "Switch to e-billing" campaign resulted in over 450,000 users subscribing to Aqualia's digital billing service. • Aqualia was awarded the design, construction and operation of an industrial effluent treatment plant in Tarragona. August September • The Aqualia-led Mides project• The El Alamein plant (Egypt) operated in Dénia (Alicante)was chosen as one of the three and Guía de Isora (Santa Cruzdesalination plants of the year at de Tenerife), the world's firstthe Global Water Awards. two desalination plants with no• The IFM fund selected two external energy consumption.projects submitted by Aqualia for • An agreement was signed for its international programme of supply to the municipalities ofsocial and environmental grants. Guía de Isora and Santiago del• The Podhradí mini-hydroelectric Teide in Tenerife through thewater treatment plant, operated Fonsalía desalination plant. Withby SmVak, a subsidiary of Aqualia a capacity to produce 14,000in the Czech Republic, reached m/day and ready to increase to3a figure of 10 Million KWh of 21,000 m/day.3 green electricity produced while • New patents were registered avoiding the emission of 23,000 for more efficient water Tn CO to the atmosphere.2 management. With these new registrations, Aqualia now holds 17 patents. They are all focussed on the efficient use of water resources.