Canal de Alicante Seawater Desalination Plant.© Infoenviro (12/2008)
The recently completed Canal de Alicante (Alicante II) desalination plant is located along the coastal stretch between Agua Amarga and the El Atlet beach; near the seawater desalination facility Canal de Alicante, in operation since late 2003. The new plant produces 65,000 m3/day of desalinated water.
Pre-treatment Plant at the Drinking Water Treatment Station in the City of Melilla© Infoenviro (9/2007)
Apre-treatment plant for removing the salt content from brackish raw water has been started up recently in the City of Melilla (a Spanish territory in North Africa). This plant improves the quality of the drinking-water treatment station that services the city, which, until the pre-treatment plant went in operation, produced water with a high salt content.
Melilla Desalination Plant© Infoenviro (9/2007)
A new seawater desalination plant has been in operation in the City of Melilla (Spanish outpost in North Africa) since
February, 2007. The facility produces 20,000 m3/day of desalinated water, which meets the needs of a great part of the city’s population. It is designed to accommodate an enlargement to be built at a future date, which will raise
production to 27,000 m3/day.
Remodelling of San Pedro del Pinatar Wastewater Treatment Plant in Murcia© Infoenviro (6/2007)
The new San Pedro del Pinatar Wastewater Treatment Station, in Murcia, Southeastern Spain, is soon to go into operation. This plant was designed and built to replace the old wastewater treatment plant at this same location, built
in the 1990’s, the treatment capacity of which is insufficient, especially during the summer months when the population is at its maximum. The old plant has other functional deficiencies as well.