Mutxamel desalination plant
Mutxamel desalination plant
Planning, construction, installation, start-up and operation of a seawater desalination plant and ancillary works, for the supply of drinking water to the Marina Baja region, Alicante.
Client:
Aguas de las Cuencas Mediterráneas (acuaMed)
Location:
Alicante
Period:
From July 2007 to October 2012
Type of work:
Hydraulic Infrastructures
Typology:
Desalination plants
The plant produces 50,000 cubic metres of water a day using a reverse osmosis system, with three lines of 16,666 cubic metres per day.
One outstanding feature of the works is the dual media pre-treatment system using dual layer sand and anthracite. With a first open and a second closed filtration phase.
Water is transported by means of a pumping station buried under sea level on the coast, completely integrated in its surroundings.
It also features a product water remineralisation and pumping installation, a sludge treatment system and electricity supply facilities with a power rating of 11,000 kW.
DETAILS
Technical data
Pipelines
Inlet: 615 m of 1,800 mm-diameter GRP pipe.
Seawater pressure pipe: 3,720 m of 900 mm-diameter GRP pipe.
Brine pumping: 3,630 m of 800 mm-diameter GRP pipe.
Outfall: 430 m of 1,200 mm-diameter PEAD pipe.
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