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The gradual increase in the population and
economic growth in developing countries
results in the over-exploitation of natural
resources. Aware of this fact, the Instituto
de Empresa Familiar (Institute of Family-
Owned Companies) submitted a report
containing 24 initiatives of companies who-
se strategies are linked to sustainable de-
velopment.
Aqualia is one of such companies. Its ini-
tiative to recover the ecosystems at the
ponds in Medina del Campo (Valladolid)
is praised in the report. The project con-
templates various measures to improve the
quality of water at the ponds in this town in
the province of Valladolid: creating different
ecosystems to increase the number of spe-
cies and to build environmental awareness
of this site by designing and launching spe-
cifc communication campaigns.
The results were measured recently, con-
frming the success of the plan with more
Aqualia, receives the recognition
of Instituto de Empresa Familiar
The water management
company’s eforts
in the recovery of the
ecosystems
of the ponds at Medina
del Campo, Valladolid.
The Medina del Campo wastewater
treatment plant made it possible to re-
create a small wetland where various
types of bird species and other animals
have settled, encouraging not only the
recovery of the waters of Zapardiel river
but also succeeding in protecting spe-
cies whose population was increasingly
becoming more rare or unknown in this
region.
Aqualia, a responsible company, has
received several distinctions for this
exemplary sustainable development
measure.
Water treatment
plan and wetlands
for the refuge of
wild fauna
In the photograph, from left to right, Fernando Casado, Björn Stigson, Car-
men Becerril y Javier Quintana.
than 300 birds of 52 different species cu-
rrently making these ponds their home.
Fernando Casado, director of the Centre
of Alliances for Development; Björn Stig-
son, Chairman of World Business Council
for Sustainable Development; Carmen Be-
cerril, CEO of Acciona Energía; and Javier
Quintana, Managing Director of Instituto de
la Empresa Familiar were among those pre-
sent at this event.