Somos FCC - Nº11

Aqualia has organised an event at the El Torno treatment plant in Chi- clana (Cádiz) to present the advan- ces of the famous All-gas project. The meeting brought together re- searchers from all over the world, political representatives and the bu- siness world to learn first hand the results of the project and its possi- ble application in current and future clients. The Mayor of Chiclana, José Ma- ría Román; the Director General of Water of the Ministry for Ecological Transition, Manuel Menéndez; the representative of the project Officer of the European Commission, Szil- via Boszoki; the Director of Aqualia in southern Spain, Lucas Díaz; the coordinator of the All-gas project and Aqualia’s Director of Innovation and Technology, Frank Rogalla; and the President of the Guadalquivir Hydrographic Confederation, Joa- quín Páez, presided over the event. The new development based on algae consumes three times less electricity than a conventional was- All-gas , Aqualia’s commitment to move towards a green and decarbonised economy Event at the El Torno wastewater treatment plant in Chiclana (Cádiz). tewater treatment plant and gene- rates up to four times more energy than that used in the process. After learning about the operation of the project along the facilities located in the El Torno WWTP and next to the lake of the peri-urban park of Las Albinas del Torno, the mayor said that “at the beginning we were not clear how it was going to be or how it was going to end, but fortu- nately, this has become over time a new paradigm in wastewater treat- ment throughout the Mediterranean basin, breaking all the molds. José I N N O V A T I O N 40 I N N O V A T I O N