The first potable water
station in the island of Tenerife
starts operations
“A day of satisfaction” was how the mayor of
the city, Marcos Brito, described the start-up
of the first potable water station in the island
of Tenerife at the official inauguration event.
“Of satisfaction, because it marks the end of
the crisis” which started at the beginning of
the year due to the restrictions on the use of
water in some parts of the city.
The project, the progress of which was fo-
llowed by neighbourhood associations and
the media during organized tours, improved
the quality of water by correcting, definitively,
the turbidity of the water at the entry of the
deposits.
The work involved the construction of an au-
tomated filtering system and the related anci-
llary services at the La Montaña deposit. It in-
cluded the installation and conditioning of the
five silica sand filters measuring 2.5 metres in
diameter, and a new pump to improve water
From left to right: Antonia
Domínguez, counsellor of
the Health Department of
City Hall; Jesús Morales;
Marcos Brito; David Díez
and Braulio Domínguez,
department managers
of FCC Aqualia taste the
water at the exit of the
treatment plant. On his
right, Atasara Hernández,
head of FCC Aqualia,
Canary Islands,
department of Water
Quality, takes a sample.
supply in the areas that were at a higher level
than the La Montaña deposit.
Completed in the agreed four months, thanks
to this project, the city now has “its first pota-
ble water station with pressurised sand filte-
red installed in the island of Tenerife”, explai-
ned David Díez, head of Production at FCC
Aqualia in Tenerife.
The counsellor of the Water department at
City Hall, Jesús Morales mentioned that “an
important part of the problem had been resol-
ved and will be completely addressed thanks
to the deposit that is being executed at Vera”.
Besides the mayor, among those who were
present in the event was Fernando Bethen-
court and Lorenzo García, the manager and
the head of infrastructures of the Island’s Wa-
ter Department; and Sebastián Ledesma,
Urban Development counsellor who was ac-
companied by the municipal engineer.
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