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The drone used to check the deposits
in Oviedo
becomes the leading player
in the training seminar for students
FCCAqualia, aspart of itsusual collaboration
in training students and in keeping with
its Corporate Social Responsibility policy
(CSR), for the fourth year organised a
technical conference on the main hydraulic
devices that are part of the supply and
sanitation networks as well as on the
most recent technological innovations
implemented for its management of
Oviedo’s Water Department.
The conference, held at the Doctor Fleming
Secondary Education Institute, was covered
by Televisión Pública de Asturias (TPA).
Merced López, the director of the Institute
thanked the City Council, represented by
Ana Rivas, councilwoman of the Water
Department, for her involvement and,
“particularly, for the training efforts and
commitments of FCC Aqualia year after
year. For the Institute and the students, the
information provided by the Company is
very important”. The representatives from
Aqualia who participated in the seminar
were Alfonso Tomás, department manager,
and David Casado, head of the production
department. Everyone who participated
in the event considered that the initiative
was “very important for the student’s future
incorporation in the job market”.
Drones keep an eye
on Oviedo’s water
network
Oviedo’s water network is supervised
by drones and robots that are able to
detect any type of incidence.
The conference kicked off with a description
of the most recent innovations implemented
in managing Oviedo’s Water Department,
such using drones for checking the
deposits,, inspecting the interiors using
a robot with a TV camera, repairing pipes
without the need for civil works by a using
a milling robot, besides other innovations.
FCC Aqualia’s technical personnel also
showed students during the seminar the
main characteristics of the different types of
pipes and hydraulic devices. A video was
also shown explaining how the automatic
valves function, how connections are
performed, as well as explaining the
cleaning of sewerage pipes.
View of the deposits of Oviedo from a drone. At the foreground, the Picayon
deposit, classified as a Heritage of Cultural Interest and included in the inventory
as an architectural heritage of Asturias since 1928.
A technician explains to the students the functioning of the drone that
keeps an eye on the deposits.
