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Aqualia,
wins award
for its growth in the Middle
East and North Africa
lnternational
milestones
Aqualia, FCC’s water management subsi-
diary, has received the “MENA Market Lea-
dership Award”, granted by Frost & Sullivan
consulting firm, in Dubai. This distinction
recognises the company’s growth in recent
years in the Middle East and North Africa.
Frost & Sullivan highlighted Aqualia as a
pioneer, since it is the first foreign company
to obtain a sewage and water treatment
contract in Abu Dhabi. In the previous year,
Aqualia entered Saudi Arabia to implement
and execute an innovative project to search
for and repair leaks in the water network in
Riyadh, home to 6 million people. In this
case, it was the first Spanish company to
obtain a water management contract in the
Middle East.
Aqualia’s international milestones inclu-
de the first public-private partnership
in Egypt, in 2009, to build and operate
the waste water treatment plant in New
Cairo in consortium with local company
Orascom Construction Industries (OCI).
Moreover, the company operates two
of the largest desalination plants in the
world in Algeria.
Aqualia also received the “Best of Eu-
ropean Business” award, from Roland
Berger, which recognises “Aqualia’s ra-
pid international expansion”, and it was
named “Water Company of the Year” by
Global Water Intelligence magazine, the
industry’s leading publication.
Saudi Arabia
During this year of work in Saudi Arabia,
Aqualia has already digitized more than
5,000 kilometres of the water distribution
network, using geographical information
system (GIS) technology. Additionally, and
together with the National Water Company
(NWC), it designed 65 district metered
areas (DMA) and pressure gauges, boun-
dary valves and flow metres were installed.
Abu Dhabi
In Abu Dhabi, Aqualia heads a consortium
with local company MACE to manage the
sewage and water treatment network in the
eastern part of the emirate. This 7-year con-
tract with State company Abu Dhabi Sewe-
rage Services Company is valued at 76.3
million Euros. The company will operate
and optimise more than 2,400 kilometres of
sewers, 68 waste water pumping stations
and 19 waste water treatment plants in the
city of Al Ain and its surrounding areas, ser-
ving over 400,000 people.
Global leader
Frost & Sullivan described Aqualia as “one
of the global leaders in water management
thanks to the technology applied it applies”,
and highlighted its pioneering status in ope-
ning up new markets, such as the Middle
East.
Fernando Moreno, managing director of Aqualia.