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Spain: EIB, 350 mln for water facilities in Med basins
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a 350 million euros loan to Acuamed to finance investment in water and sanitation improvements on the Mediterranean coast of Spain. This is the first instalment of a total loan of up to 500 million euros. The money will finance investment in water and sanitation improvements on the Mediterranean coast of Spain. The planned schemes in Spain's five Mediterranean river basins (Ebro, Júcar, Segura, Andalusian Mediterranean and internal Catalonian basins) are scheduled to run up to the end of 2015.
This EIB loan will be used to finance to investment in the water supply, wastewater treatment and environmental protection in Spain's five Mediterranean river basins (Ebro, Jucar, Segura, Andalusian Mediterranean and internal Catalonian basins). The planned schemes are scheduled to run up to the end of 2015 and include: interconnections between treatment plants and water mains; connections between desalination plants and water distribution networks; environmental recovery and flood prevention; reuse of wastewater; improving the efficiency of irrigation.
The project concerns a large investment programme for the implementation of water, wastewater and environmental protection infrastructure across five Mediterranean River Basins of Spain, namely Internal Basins of Catalunya, the Ebro, Jucar and Segura Rivers and the Mediterranean Andalussian Basin. Works include five components: desalination, environmental recuperation and flood prevention measures, wastewater reuse, interconnection and enhancement of bulk water supply systems, and irrigation efficiency measures.
According to EIB, as well as helping to meet the growing demand for water for domestic and industrial use and enabling the reuse of wastewater on the Mediterranean coast, this loan will bring major environmental benefits by improving water supply systems, rehabilitating irrigation networks and developing desalination plants and new water treatment facilities. The project will also foster economic and social cohesion as part of the investments financed are located in convergence regions, the less developed in the EU.
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| News type | Inbrief |
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| Source of information | EIB // ANSAmed |
| Keyword(s) | desalination, wastewater reuse |
| Subject(s) | AGRICULTURE , ANALYSIS AND TESTS , CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES , DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , ENERGY , FINANCE-ECONOMY , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INFRASTRUCTURES , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES , SLUDGES , TOOL TERMS , TOURISM - SPORT - HOBBIES , WATER DEMAND , WATER QUALITY |
| Relation | http://www.desalination.biz/news/news_story.asp?src=nl&id=6590 |
| Geographical coverage | Spain |
| News date | 21/06/2012 |
| Working language(s) | ENGLISH |
