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Agbar will land on the reuse of water for agricultural uses, the hand of Suez Environnement
27/10/2009
October 27, 2009
Agbar landed in the segment of the cycle of water for agriculture in the hands of its new partner, Suez Environnement. The interest of the Spanish company in this sector is that 70% of water resources are consumed in the cultivation and irrigation of the fields. The water reuse is therefore a market with growth potential. Currently, Agbar already develops projects of
reuse and increased yield in agricultural processes, in the
Research Center Cetaqua, that centralizes much of the budget of r & d, some 6.4 million euros for the current year. Cetaqua has the support of the Centro Superior Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) and the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC)
For its part, Suez Environment has experience in this type of activity, as the plant of wastewater reuse in Milan (Italy). This facility makes it possible to reuse greywater for more than a million urban dwellers for agricultural uses. In addition to the traditional biological treatments, the plant is equipped with a system of ultraviolet rays, which ensure the safety of the water for later use in crops on the food chain. From the year 2010, the French company will become the reference partner of Agbar, after the takeover of exclusion that the multinational gala and firm Criteria be launched about 10% of the capital that they do not control. Suez expected to reach 75% of the capital of the Spanish society.
