Water scarcity, which affects 40% of the world's population, is increasing due to global warming, making it increasingly urgent to find sustainable solutions to mitigate its effects.
Water
ACCESS FOR ALL
ACCIONA designs infrastructures with the capacity to address the main challenges related to water and ensure the availability and sustainable management of this resource in every corner of the planet. ACCIONA makes water fit for human consumption, supplying the population, purifying waste and industrial waters and applying water reuse technologies.
ACCIONA works to ensure water management and universal access to this resource.
End-to-end water cycle: sustainable availability
The company processes, purifies, reuses, desalinates and manages water for over 100 million people in more than 30 countries around the world while meeting demanding quality and efciency standards.
More than 100 million people have benefitted from our water services to date
HIGHLIGHTS
| Main financial figures | 2020 | 2021 | % Change year-on-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 976 | 1,052 | 7.8 % |
| EBITDA | 85 | 100 | 18.3 % |
| CAPEX | 10 | 41 | 310 % |
| Margen (EBITDA / Revenue) | 8.7 % | 9.5 % | + 0.8pp % |
| Treated water (hm³) | 923 | 1,033 |
OUR LONG-TERM AMBITION
| Description | Result |
|---|---|
| Water | ACCIONA will significantly increase the supply of quality water and its sustainable use through high technology. |
| Biodiversity | ACCIONA will generate net positive natural capital. |
| Sustainable transformational innovation | ACCIONA will develop innovative and regenerative diferential value in the company. |
| Regenerative ecosystems | ACCIONA will develop an ecosystem of organisations capable of increasing our capacity for regenerative transformation. |
| A sustainable diference in every project | ACCIONA's sustainable diference will be evident in every project. |
Water Solutions
Water scarcity, which affects 40% of the population, is increasing because of global warming. ACCIONA plays its part through work in the desalination sector. The company is a global leader in the construction of desalination plants using reverse osmosis technology, which is more efficient, less energy intensive and has a smaller carbon footprint than conventional thermal desalination.
+ 5 million of m³/day treated in desalination plants
Our progress in 2021
- NHIEU LOC-THI NGHE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT 1
the desalination plant will have a daily capacity of 570,000 m³ to supply 2 million people. Once the plant is completed, ACCIONA will supply around ~2.4 million m³/day of desalinated water in Saudi Arabia using reverse osmosis technology.
+ 322 hm3 of desalinated water Jubail 3B (Saudi Arabia)
FEATURED PROJECT
A third of the world's population still lack access to drinking water. In a situation exacerbated by the climate emergency, ACCIONA develops water treatment solutions to make water safe or fit for consumption. It is designing water treatment infrastructure, to add to the facilities it has already built, to provide a safe access framework for more than 41 million people worldwide.
+ 125 drinking water treatment plants with a total capacity of 8.5 million m³/day
ACCIONA has built more than 125 drinking water treatment plants with a total capacity of 8.5 million m3/day which supplies more than 41 million people.
Our progress in 2021
ACCIONA has begun to install the seven kilometres of 1,500-millimeter-diameter pipes that will distribute the treated water at the Arraiján drinking water treatment plant, the Ingeniero José G. Rodríguez in Panama.
7 of 1,500-millimeter-diameter
FEATURED PROJECT
20 million m3/day capacity
484 Hm3 of treated waste water
Four billion people in the world do not have access to basic sanitation services. Moreover, more than 80% of the wastewater produced by humans is discharged into rivers and seas without prior treatment. In response to these problems, ACCIONA uses innovative treatments in the development of water treatment projects, including biological purification processes, sludge minimisation and reuse of treated water.
ACCIONA has built more than 330 wastewater treatment plants with a total capacity of 20 million m3/day which serves more than 70 million people
Our progress in 2021
- Loja Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) (Southern Ecuador)
Loja Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) (Southern Ecuador): ACCIONA completed construction. The facility has a capacity of 87,500 m3/day and will serve a population of up to 350,000 inhabitants.
FEATURED PROJECT
44 % of water used in facilities is from rainwater, recycled and reused
484 Hm3 of water used in facilities is from rainwater, recycled and reused
ACCIONA researches innovative technological in the area of water reuse to design sustainable solutions for use in agriculture, urban parks and other activities. The company constantly researches technological developments for the reuse of wastewater, enabling a wider use of purified water.
Our progress in 2021
- Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe wastewater treatment plant
The design-build portion of phase 1 for the Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe wastewater treatment plant is underway in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam). The contract is financed by the World Bank and is worth €200 million. The wastewater treatment plant project will have a capacity of 34,000 m3/h, equivalent to the needs of 1M equivalent population.
FEATURED PROJECT
+ 30 years offering full water services to support sustainable development in urban centers
Cities are the most important hubs and centres for human progress. As such, they also pose many challenges, such as overpopulation, which require water infrastructure and sustainable water resource management to ensure a proper supply of water.
Our progress in 2021
- GOTA Project
In 2021, it was carried out the digitization of the municipality's supply network of Andratx (Mallorca) to manage water resources more efficiently and providing a better service to its clients. The network has also been micro-sectorized to take instantaneous readings and detect any anomalous levels quickly and reliably.