In recent months, Sacyr has been awarded several contracts to provide water management and treatment services in Huelva, Málaga, Almería, Madrid, Barcelona, Badajoz and Asturias, totalling € 110.7 million.
With these contracts, Sacyr Water strengthens its position in Spain, where it already leads in desalination capacity.
- The Andalusian Regional Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Rural Development has awarded the joint venture, comprised of Sacyr Water (40%), Sacyr Engineering (40%) and UC10 (20%), the contract to adapt and improve Huelva’s wastewater treatment plant for € 30 million. This project will not only ensure that wastewater from the capital of Huelva is properly treated and discharged, but will also reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 3%. Included in the project are two unusual features: a moving-bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) on the water line and thermal hydrolysis on the sludge line. The latter significantly reduces the amount of sludge generated while freeing it from pathogens, thus making it suitable for agricultural use.
- Sacyr Water will carry out maintenance and upkeep of the water supply and sanitation network for Málaga’s Municipal Water Company. The duration of the € 21.6-million contract is two years, extendable to three. Sacyr Water will provide services to more than 590,000 residents and manage the city’s +4,600 km water supply and sanitation network. The company will also perform urgent and scheduled work.
- Gestión de Aguas del Levante Almeriense (Galasa) has awarded the joint venture led by Sacyr Water, with Talleres y Grúas González, the contract to manage and maintain the water treatment plants in Cuevas de Almanzora, Fines, Albanchez, Somontín, Campico (Bedar), and Almocáizar (Los Gallardos), as well as the associated water treatment and disinfection tanks. Sacyr Water will implement a computerised system for data management and service control. The contract, which totals € 19.6 million, has a duration of three years, with two possible one-year extensions.
The contract provides continuity to the emergency expansion and renovation works at the Cuevas de Almanzora drinking water treatment plant intended to meet the region’s demand for drinking and irrigation water. This system, coupled with the Carboneras and Cuevas de Almanzora seawater desalination plants and the Carboneras-Níjar pumping facilities, make Sacyr Water the main player in the Levante Almeriense water sector.
- Canal de Isabel II has awarded Sacyr Water Lot 1 of the services required to adapt its wastewater treatment infrastructure to the latest environmental targets, for the amount of € 17.8 million over a five-year execution period. The contract includes the provision of maintenance, adaptation, replacement, renovation, and improvement services for the WWTP’s facilities.
- In Marbella (Málaga), Acosol has awarded Sacyr’s subsidiary the contract to draft the construction project and execute the works necessary to improve energy efficiency at the Marbella desalination plant, for € 6.2 million over a 19-month period.
- On behalf of the Agència Catalana de l'Aigua (ACA), Sacyr Water will carry out sanitation and treatment works in the Fogars de la Selva i Tordera (Barcelona) and Regent Park areas, as well as the Parc dels Princeps developments, and oversee operations at Forgars de la Selva, for a total of € 4.7 million. This project includes the construction of WWTPs 1 and 2 and the pressure sewage system at Fogars de la Selva, which aims to redirect and treat the wastewater generated in the municipality before it flows into Tordera River.
- In the province of Badajoz, Sacyr Water will provide drinking water services for Lot 3, which covers 10 municipalities in southwest Badajoz. This € 7.3-million contact has a three-year term, with the possibility of a two-year extension and includes collection and purification services, as well as high and low water distribution to 21,500 residents. The supply systems in the contract entail those facilities that distribute water from the El Sillo, Aguijón, Alqueva and Rubiales dams, in addition to underground intakes in several municipalities across a 150 km network.
- Lastly, the Asturias Water Consortium (Cadasa) has awarded Sacyr Water the contract to operate and maintain five wastewater treatment systems in Asturias, serving more than 40,000 people, for a two-year period (with a possible three-year extension) in the amount of € 3.5 million. The contract includes five WWTPs and the treatment networks for the municipalities of Grado, Oviedo, Candamo, and Teverga. It also covers maintenance of the facilities’ comprehensive operations, process controls, waste management, equipment maintenance, and the technical assistance necessary to ensure the mandated environmental parameters.
Under this contract, Sacyr Water will implement a broad ecosystem of technological tools designed to make these facilities run more efficiently, while enabling them to conduct monitoring based on data analysis.
