Urban Water

Abengoa has wide experience in water treatment plants and has built more than 120 plants in Spain, Africa and South America. Those include drinking water treatment as well as urban and industrial wastewater treatment and re-use by means of physic-chemical and biological processes, including sludge digestion and recovery.

Abengoa has a global production capacity of more than 2.2 M m3/day of drinking water, which means providing drinking water to a population of more than 11 million people. In treatment, Abengoa has the capacity to treat more than 1.5 million m3/d of wastewater, which would serve a population of more than 6.5 million people.

Main References:

Water treatment

Project FlowEq. Inhab.ClientLocationContratStatus

Ratnapura Drinking Water Plant

13,000 m3/d 100,000 

Sri Lanka National Water Supply and Drainage company

Sri Lanka EPC

Construction finalized in 2015

Xangongo Drinking Water Plant

24,500 m3/d 150,000 Ministry of Energy and Water of Angola Angola EPC

Construction finalized in 2014

Extension and Improvement of Arequipa Water System

130,000 m3/d 800,000 Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde Peru EPC

Construction finalized in 2012

Extension and Improvemente of San Juan del Sur Water System

16,850 m3/d 60,000

Empresa Nicaragüense de Acueductos y Alcantarillados Sanitarios

Nicaragua EPC 

Construction finalized in 2011

Extension El Conquero Water Treatment Plant

90,000 m3/d 150,000 Hidroguadiana Spain EPC

Construction finalized in 2011

Aguas Corrientes Water Treatment Plant

600,000 m3/d 4,000,000 Obras Sanitarias del Estado Uruguay EPC

Construction finalized in 2009

Extension Olivares Water Treatment Plant

95,000 m3/d 250,000 Aljarafesa Spain EPC

Construction finalized in 2001

Extension El Carambolo Water Treatment Plant

432,000 m3/d 220,000 Emasesa Spain EPC

Construction finalized in 2000


Wastewater treatment and reuse

Project FlowEq. Inhab.ClientLocationContratoStatus

Pariachi Sewage Plant

38,000 m3/d 380,000 Consorcio La Gloria Peru EPC

Construction finalized in 2013

Boaco Treatment Plant

10,000 m3/d 60,000

Empresa Nicaragüense de Acueductos y Alcantarillados Sanitarios

Nicaragua EPC

Construction finalized in 2013

Extension Ranilla Sewage Plant

90,000 m3/d 555,000 Emasesa Spain EPC

Construction finalized in 2009

Reuse with EDR of effluents from the Baix Llobregat Treatment Plant

60,000 m3/d   Depuradora del Baix Llobregat Spain EPC

Construction finalized in 2009

Las Palmas – Barranco Seco Tertiary Treatment

24,300 m3/d 150,000 Gobierno de Canarias Spain EPC

Construction finalized in 2002

Motril – Salobreña Treatment Planta

34,100 m3/d 155,000 Gobierno de España Spain EPC

Construction finalized in 2002

El Vendrell Treatment Plant

21,000 m3/d 84,000 Agencia Catalana del Agua Spain EPC

Construction finalized in 2000

Extesion El Copero Treatment Plant

255,000 m3/d 750,000 Emasesa Spain EPC

Construction finalized in 1995



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