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 threatened by factors such as climate change, causing increasingly frequent droughts and floods, and demographic growth and the pressures it places on the demand for natural resources.

As the effects of climate change become more noticeable, it will become more complicated to met the needs relating to the world demand for water, maintaining the sustainability of water resources and natural balance⁽¹⁶⁾.

Efficiency in the integrated water cycle

As a company specialising in all phases of the integrated water cycle, Aqualia assumes its responsibility 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 campaigns that also give value to the progress in the re-use of water.

In 2016 the total volume of water taken in by Aqualia for management was 621,000 million m³ and remained almost unchanged from the water taken in in 2015.

By intake sources, 78% was obtained from surface water sources – rivers, canals and reservoirs, among others⁽¹⁷⁾

(16) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). 2016. United Nations report on the development of water resources in the world, 2016: Water and jobs.
(17) The various types of intake are associated with the facility managed, that is, its choice does not depend on Aqualia.

Treatment and re-use of waste water

Aqualia is currently positioned as one of the leading companies in the development of innovative solutions – with a large number of active projects – for the re-use of waste water and its conversion into new products through new anaerobic technologies in valuing discharges and the treatment of organic waste water to obtain water for re-use and bio methane for the transport sector, among other projects.