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12,000,000
10,000,000

 8,000,000
 6,000,000
 4,000,000
 2,000,000

             0

                 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

                                                                                                                                                      Aqualia funding (€)
                                                                                                                                                         Aqualia loans (€)

                From 2009, Aqualia's projects have been allocated a total budget of more than 100 million euros.

The company's R&D&I activity is carried  In line with its strategic planning, Aqualia's  Aqualia has an innovative
out by a highly skilled team that works  activity during the 2015 financial year         management system in place
alongside the production team and has    gained momentum through the addition            that has been certified according
support from national and international  of new European R&D&I projects related          to standard UNE 166002.
research centres and universities.       to water management in each one of the
                                         three development areas: Sustainability,
                                         Quality and Intelligent Management.

Strategic lines

Quality                                  Sustainability                                  Intelligent management

❚❚ Control of emerging                   ❚❚ Energy efficiency in catchments              ❚❚ Useful life models for
  contaminants                             and distribution networks.                      infrastructure.

❚❚ Wastewater treatment for              ❚❚ Energy efficiency in wastewater              ❚❚ Predictive systems of intelligent
  small population clusters.               treatment processes.                            network management.

❚❚ New treatment processes using         ❚❚ Improving biogas production                  ❚❚ Water meter reading
  membranes.
                                         ❚❚ Biofuel and biofertiliser                    ❚❚ Data management integration
❚❚ Advanced anaerobic processes            production.                                     in municipal platforms.

❚❚ Advanced seawater                     ❚❚ Wastewater purification with                 ❚❚ Support systems for making
  desalination processes.                  microalgae.                                     decisions in treatment plants.

❚❚ Wastewater reuse processes.           ❚❚ Optimisation of the water,                   ❚❚ Predictive systems for
                                           energy, carbon footprint                        consumption curve behaviour.
❚❚ Technology for industrial water         assessment nexus.
  treatment.                                                                             ❚❚ Integration of citizen
                                         ❚❚ Renewable energy use in                        participation in water
                                           treatment processes.                            management.

                                         ❚❚ Sustainable underground water                ❚❚ Risk management in providing
                                           extraction.                                     water services.

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