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Aqualia
begins to operate the Bajo
Almanzora desalination plant
The build-to-operate (BOT)
contract will generate
income of 16.8 million over
the next 15 years.
After having completed the construction
and roll-out phases, Aqualia is now opera-
ting the Bajo Almanzora desalination plant
jointly with Abengoa Water in a 60:40%
joint venture with this company.
The facilities were put out to tender by
Acuamed under a build-to-operate (BOT)
arrangement, and built by the FCC-Aqualia
Infraestructuras-Aqualia-Abengoa Water
partnership. The project, in its current ope-
rations phase, will generate 16.8 million re-
venues for Aqualia over the 15-year term of
the contract.
View of the facilities from the sheet of water in front of the building’s façade.
Reverse osmosis membranes
Situated in Villaricos, Almeria the infrastruc-
ture collects water from the sea as well as
from wells on the beach. The desalination
process uses the reverse osmosis mem-
brane system.
The water treatment capacity of the plant is
45,000m
3
/day which is supplied to Aguas
de Almanzora, the entity comprising 17
irrigation associations covering an area of
24,000 hectares of irrigated land.