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Portugal’s Ministry of the Environment

inaugurates the Carochos wastewater

treatment plant in Abrantes

Abrantaqua, the company in charge

of management and operations of the

wastewater collection and treatment for

the Abrantes City Council, inaugurated

the Carochos wastewater treatment plant

(WWTP) in a ceremony which counted

with the presence of several personalities

including: the Minister of the Environment,

João Matos Fernandes; the Secretary of

State for the Environment, Carlos Martins;

the city’s mayor, Maria Alburquerque do

Céu; and other government and regional

representatives who accompanied the FCC

Aqualia representatives Guillermo Moya,

Europe Manager and Jesús Rodríguez, the

Country Manager in Portugal.

The new plant, worth an investment of 1.7

million euros, will provide services to 10,000

people, thereby increasing the coverage

provided by the wastewater treatment

service to 93% of the population.

In Portugal, FCCAqualia has the concession

for the water distribution systems for

public consumption and for the collection

of wastewater in Abrantes, Campo Maior,

Elvas, Cartaxo and Fundão, where it

supplies more than 124,000 inhabitants.

The commissioning of the Carochos plant

reinforces Aqualia’s positioning in Portugal

where it manages 36 wastewater treatment

plants, 49 potable water plants, 86 water

tanks, and 778 kilometres of pipe networks.

Quality

Certificates

After obtaining the AENOR Quality

Certificate (ISO 9001) and the

Environment Certificate (ISO 14001),

the Spanish Company obtained

the Safety and Health at Work

Management System Certificate

(OHSAS 18001), a credential assigned

by the SGS entity for all of the services

that it provides in Portugal.

In the photograph above, from left to right: Carlos Conceição, Abrantaqua Administrator; Jesús

Rodríguez; Julio Bento, Abrantaqua Administrator; João Matos Fernandes; Maria Alburquerque do

Céu; Carlos Martins; Guillermo Moya, and Manuel Valamatos, Abrantes councilman.

Abrantaqua, an Aqualia

subsidiary, is in charge

of collecting wastewater

for the Abrantes City

Council where it provides

services to more than

42,000 residents