EURODIA, the Santa Pola Town Council, and the University of Alicante have entered into agreements to develop a project aimed at treating wastewater for agricultural use and protecting the environment. This initiative, supervised by the University of Alicante through its predoctoral training programme, is led by Vicent Ayala Andreu under the guidance of Doctors Miguel Ángel Montiel López and Vicente Montiel Leguey.

The project focuses on desalinating wastewater from coastal municipalities that contain salts unsuitable for direct agricultural use. Santa Pola Town Council is supporting the initiative by studying treated water from the town’s wastewater treatment plant, which meets the project requirements.

Recently, pilot studies have been completed and EURODIA has provided a prototype treatment plant with a capacity of six hundred litres per hour. This prototype will be installed at the Santa Pola wastewater treatment facility to conduct real water tests and gather operational parameters.

The Deputy Mayor, José Pedro Martínez, along with municipal technician Sonia Fluxá and representatives from GLOBAL OMNIUM and the Entity for Water Treatment (EPSAR), visited the University of Alicante’s pilot plant to assess the prototype’s functionality and plan further steps for transferring the equipment to the Santa Pola facility.