Costa Blanca
New desalination plants for Torrevieja and Águilas
By m.p. - Dec 12, 2006 - 10:15 PM
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They will supply drinking and irrigation water to the Segura Basin
The director of the ACUAMED state water company, Adrián Baltanás, announced in a press conference on Tuesday that two new desalination plants to be built in Alicante province will be able to provide the Segura Basin with a guaranteed supply of 140 cubic hectometres of water, ‘whether it rains or not.’
Construction of the two plants in Torrevieja and Águilas is expected to start in January, with a maximum completion period of 23 months. Their modular design means, however, that they could be partially operational before that.
88 of the 140 hectometres are earmarked for irrigation, with the remaining 52 to be piped into the mains supply: supplying 100,000 farmers and 2.5 million members of the public.