A pioneering sewerage
system in Spain
for Empuriabrava
Santi Vila, councillor for Territory and Sus-
tainability of the Generalitat de Catalunya
(Catalan regional government) inaugura-
ted last November the sewerage project
in Empuriabrava. He was accompanied by
the mayor of Castelló d’Empúries, Xavier
M. Sanllehí, and Jordi Aguilera, director of
FCC Aqualia’s Cataluña and Aragón head-
quarters which is in charge of managing the
municipal water service and of the project’s
execution.
The start of operations of this new sewe-
rage network marks the end of a period of
40 years without sewers in Empuriabrava.
Work on the project commenced in 1998
and was developed in three phases. Firstly,
the construction of a sewer system adap-
ted to the peculiarities of Empuriabrava,
applying an innovative system in Spain that
does not require different levels to transport
waste water and which prevents leakages.
It also guarantees hassle-free maintenance,
without wells or gas pumping chambers.
“This system has been successfully imple-
mented in the United States and in some
European countries , particularly in the
Netherlands, where there are very few va-
riations in the levels of the terrain and very
high water tables, such as in Empuriabra-
va”, Jordi Aguilera explained.
The city’s mayor said that “it has been
a great infrastructure project involving
73,406.8 metres of different types of pi-
pes, with an innovative drainage system.
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