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FCC Aqualia
to manage the Valdebebas
(Madrid) wastewater treatment
FCC Aqualia will be in charge of the opera-
tions and maintenance of the Valdebebas
wastewater treatment plant, owned by the
Madrid City Council and managed since
2007 by Canal de Isabel II. The contract is
worth more than six million euros.
Situated on the right bank of the Jarama,
River, the plant treats wastewater generated
by the Fuencarral-El Pardo, Ciudad Lineal,
Hortaleza and Barajas districts. It also recei-
ves water from Paracuellos del Jarama in the
Alberche River basin.
The wastewater treatment plant’s capacity
provides services to a population of 259,200
people. It currently treats 10.7 million m
3
/
year of water and produces 2,710,167 kWh
of energy.
Other contracts
FCC Aqualia participates in the sewerage
contracts in the metropolitan area that have
been put out to tender by Canal de Isabel
II since 2009 (prior to 2007, it was mana-
ged directly by the City Council) and in the
peripheral areas (Madrid Autonomous Com-
munity) since 2010. Last year, the Company
was awarded operations and maintenance
contracts for the 28 wastewater treatment
plants owned by Canal de Isabel II in the
Alberche river basin in Madrid. The plants,
which have a treatment capacity of 232,000
equivalent inhabitants, have a design flow
rate of 38,300 m
3
/day. FCC Aqualia also
manages the La Reguera wastewater
treatment plant and 78 pumping installations
in the south zone of the Madrid Autonomous
Community.
FCC Aqualia provides comprehensive ser-
vices in the Madrid Community and is the
leading private operator. It manages water
municipal services in two landmark sites:
San Lorenzo del Escorial and Alcalá de He-
nares. In the latter, it manages these ser-
vices jointly with Canal de Isabel II Gestión.
The Company also specialises in contracts
for sewerage network maintenance, supply
networks, pumping stations, wastewater
treatment stations, the maintenance of fou-
ntains, public buildings, and other types of
projects contemplated in these types of
contracts.
The commercial relations between FCC
Aqualia and Canal de Isabel II Gestión is a
clear example of the collaboration amongst
the public and private sector management
companies and joint ventures where colla-
boration between the administrations and
companies has been very positive over
many years to the benefit of citizens.
Canal de Isabel ll Gestión
awarded an operations
contract for the
Valdebebas wastewater
treatment plant worth
more than six million
euros. This contract
bolsters the Company’s
positioning as the leading
private operator in the
Madrid Autonomous
Community and
consolidates its long and
fruitful commercial
relations with the public
company.
The treatment capacity
of the awarded plants
provide services to
a population of 259,200
people
FCC Aqualia provides
comprehensive services in
the Madrid Autonomous
Community where it is the
leading private operator
Photo of the emblematic Towers located in the Fuencarral-El Pardo district
where FCC’s Las Tablas corporate headquarters are located.
Aerial view of the Valdebebas wastewater treatment plant (Madrid).