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FOCUS ON THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY

Aqualia contributes to the transition to a circular production model thanks
to progress in efficiency and treatment and the re-use of waste water by

technology in its activities and innovation applied to its operations.

The availability of water resources is currently threa- As the effects of climate change become more
tened by factors such as climate change, causing noticeable, it will become more complicated to met
increasingly frequent droughts and floods, and the needs relating to the world demand for water,
demographic growth and the pressures it places maintaining the sustainability of water resources
on the demand for natural resources. and natural balance .
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EFFICIENCY IN THE INTEGRATED
WATER CYCLE

As a company specialising in all phases of the
integrated water cycle, Aqualia assumes its respon-
sibility in the efficient management and protection
of the water resources that guarantee the supply
through innovation and awareness of responsible
consumption among the public with multiple cam-
paigns that also give value to the progress in the
re-use of water.

VOLUME OF WATER TAKEN IN FOR MANAGEMENT
3
(M )

2014 615,463,970

2015 620,994,212

In 2016 the total volume of water
2016 621,739,543
taken in by Aqualia for management
3
was 621,000 million m and remained
almost unchanged from the water
taken in in 2015.

5 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Orga-
nisation (UNESCO). 2016. United Nations report on the
development of water resources in the world, 2016: Water
and jobs..

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