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ement in Abu Dhabi
Al Ain, with a population of more
than 600,000 people, is the fourth
largest city in the United Arab Emi-
rates. It is situated in Abu Dhabi at
the border with Oman and 160 kilo-
metres from Dubai. The name of the
city, situated in an oasis in the midd-
le of the desert, literally means “The
Water Spring”.
It is known as the “Garden City in
the Gulf” thanks to its 75 parks and
gardens, the first of which was built
in 1969.
Al Ain
The team in charge of this contract is
FCC Aqualia’s most multicultural one.
Above these lines, a family snapshot
of company employees.
ty and health policies thanks to which, no
noteworthy accident has taken place. The
team managing this contract is Aqualia’s
most multicultural one. It includes a group
of 330 people of 14 different nationalities
who are in charge of a fleet of more than 75
sanitation trucks. FCC Aqualia has also im-
plemented a waste water laboratory which
did not exist before, and which already un-
dergoing an accreditation process.
Some of the most important figures for this
first year of operations include the 25,000
actions to unblock individual installations;
98,000 trips by the trucks to empty septic
tanks; the inspection and cleaning of 650
kilometres of pipes, and 1,3000 mainte-
nance measures in pumping and treatment
plants.
This is the first water management con-
tract awarded to a Spanish company in
the United Arab Emirates and bolsters FCC
Aqualia’s positioning in the region. The
Company also operates in Saudi Arabia
where it is in charge of an ambitious revam-
ping plan for the water supply network in
Riyadh.
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