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R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y 33 In addition energy saving and lower emissions, the new vehicle also greatly reduces operating costs and increases its service life. All in all, a solid and wi - de-ranging contribution to Smart Cities. DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES: EL SALITRE PLANT Aqualia The development and progress of the local communities where FCC operates is another of the Group’s hallmarks. The comprehensive water management business, Aqualia, is working on the project to improve and expand the capa - city and efficiency of the El Salitre Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP), in the north of Bogotá (Colombia). The El Salitre WWTP is located at the mouth of the Juan Amarillo River, one of the main tributaries of the Bogotá River, which receives the wastewater generated by homes and indus - tries in the centre and north of the city, with about 2,700,000 inhabitants. This is the largest wastewater sanitation project carried out so far in the country. The renewed infrastructure, which is expected to be com - missioned in 2021, will bring relevant social (restoration of some areas and construction of a park), environmental (decontamination and recovery of the Bogotá river) and economic impacts (investment of US $388 million and the creation of more than 1,000 direct jobs). SUSTAINABLE LEADERSHIP IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FCC Construcción FCC Construcción leads various work groups related to the standardisation of sustainable construction, thus lear - ning about the latest trends and contributing to their deve - lopment and dissemination, both in the projects it executes and among its stakeholders. FCC Construcción has a significant background in the participation in numerous work commissions for the deve - lopment of different standards of sustainable construction, among which the International Technical Committees ISO/ TC59/SC17 and CEN/TC350 stand out, specifically chai - ring the work groups that focus on the establishment of sus - tainability principles and the criteria for their assessment in civil works, the company’s main activity abroad. This is our responsible way of understanding the construc - tion business; promoting actions and strategies for the sus - tainable development of the societies where we operate with our projects and generating value for our stakeholders, the local communities with which we interact and, ultimate - ly, future generations. ENERGY EFFICIENCY Cementos Portland Valderrivas Cementos Portland Valderrivas is committed to the circular economy model through energy recovery in cement pro - duction. At the end of 2020, there are plans for the start-up a new installation in the factory in Alcalá de Guadaíra (Seville). The objective is to replace the energy contribution of fossil fuels with renewable energy obtained from biomass. The goal of this facility is to reduce the net emissions of greenhouse gases generated by the use of fossil fuels by 40%, thus contributing to reducing the impact generated on the environment and reducing the effects of climate change. The FCC Group, in addition to the different innovation and collaboration projects that it promotes from its different bu - sinesses, contributes, through its daily activity, in a direct way, to the achievement of the following SDGs: R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y