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During the decade we were
We were the first Spanish awarded our first contract in
environmental services the United Kingdom for solid
EMALGESA service vehicle. company to receive AENOR urban waste management
certification for our urban and treatment in the
sanitation quality systems. counties of Herefordshire and
Empresa Mixta Aguas de Worcestershire.
Algeciras S.A. (EMALGESA) The third runway at Madrid-
was set up in 1995 as a mixed Barajas, now officially named The laying of the high-speed
economy enterprise to handle Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas train line between Madrid
water supply and drainage Airport, entered service. and Barcelona led FCC to be
in the city of Algeciras, with At 4,440 metres in length awarded works comprising
Algeciras City Council holding it is Europe's largest, with a total of 123 kilometres Esther Koplowitz became the
a 51% stake, and Aqualia FCC playing a key role in its of track, as well as the controlling shareholder of FCC
Solid urban waste collection
service. Madrid. 49%. construction. Zaragoza-Delicias station. in 1998. Esther Koplowitz.

2000

By the close of the decade FCC, in partnership with Barcelona Airport International The launch of the waste location and identification
the FCC Group's drinking other companies, was Terminal. collection contract service for systems.
water supply companies awarded the largest civil the districts of central Madrid,
were providing a service to engineering tender conducted awarded by the City Council
a population of close on 3 to date in Spain: the 50-year to FCC, involved the inclusion
million people, with an annual concession for the Madrid of the most modern vehicles Street cleaning service in
volume of 250 million cubic radial motorways R-3 yet to perform the task, San Sebastian. Guipúzcoa.
metres. At the same time, (Madrid-Arganda del Rey), with a fleet of 330 trucks
operation and maintenance R-5 (Madrid-Navalcarnero) transporting 3,200 tonnes
contracts for waste and and a section of the M-50, of waste per day. Of these,
industrial water treatment totalling some 100 kilometres 60 vehicles were powered
plants covered a population of roadway. by compressed natural gas,
equivalent of 8 million performing selective waste
inhabitants. collection with reduced
atmospheric and noise
pollution, while furthermore
Drains cleaning. Salamanca. being equipped with satellite

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