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Education and awareness raising

WORLD WATER DAY CELEBRATION

On the occasion of the celebration of this day and to publicize the
process water and awareness of sensible consumption, Aqualia
has organized and participated through its professionals in different
activities, competitions and workshops where they could engage a
large number of children.

The international Children’s competition “Water needs cycle in the Sicilian province of Caltanissetta. This year has
heroes like you” was created to reflect on the importance been a great success of participation, since almost 2,000
of using water responsibly and effectively. drawings were received from 33 schools, having water as
a common theme.
The 12th Year of this competition, and first in digital format,
called to mark World Water Day, invites children to have “HEROES OF WATER” HAVE REACHED
an adventure to save the planet. The event, which is a 13,000 HOMES IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
benchmark in the towns where Aqualia offers its services, THISYEAR, GENERATING MORETHAN
has had the participation of 281 schools and 3,500 children 300,000 POSITIVE IMPACTS ONTHE SOCIAL
from all over Spain, generating over 30,000 visits and a NETWORKS”
million web pages viewed on the microsite.The contents are
available in Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan and Galician, they Also, the 5th internal drawing competition has been carried
have been spread over 3,000 times through social networks out with the title Peque-Artistas (Small-Artists), in which
and have generated more than 300,000 positive impacts, children and grandchildren of Aqualia employees worldwide
given the educational and recreational nature of the tool. have participated. 75 children between 5 and 11 have shaped
their ideas to have an intelligent use of water.
In parallel, the 12thYear of the traditional drawing competition
developed by Caltaqua, which manages the complete water

EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES PROGRAM

Puerto de la Cruz, Ibiza, La Solana, Motril-Salobreña and Almuñécar among others,
have shown their students the journey the water takes from its collection until
it arrives at their homes by organizing various activities.

The youth of Puerto de la Cruz discovered the complete water Moreover and as a result of the agreement between
cycle thanks to a talk given by Aqualia, which explained to Aqualia and the city of La Solana, a way of collaboration
150 young people aged between 13 and 14 the peculiarities in environmental education, “The journey of water in La
of the collection and distribution of water in the Canary Solana” has been developed, whose main purpose is to
Islands. deepen in aspects linked both the very nature of water and
its management.
Also in Ibiza, 22 5th grade students visited the desalination
plant, accompanied by the head of the Delegation of the Morethan 3,000youths have
company in Mallorca. The students were able to see first participated in educational activities
hand the operation system of this facility. organized by Aqualia

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