Lisbon takes the first step to use recycled water in the city’s green spaces | Water
On the date that marks the World Water Day, Lisbon made official the launch of the first water reuse project for the irrigation of the city’s green spaces. Carried out by the company Águas do Tejo Atlântico, in partnership with the Lisbon City Council (CML), the Água+ project, which started this Tuesday at the Beirolas Water Factory, will use non-potable water to water the parks and gardens of the Park. of the Northern Nations.
In practice, In order to increase the “water efficiency” of Water Efficiency, a complementary wastewater treatment system was created at the Beirolas ETAR, which serves 213,540 inhabitants to serve the green spaces of the city area, explained the operational center of Beirolas and São João of the hoist, Victor snows.
Dubbing Água+ a “pioneer”, as it is the first licensed project in the country to use recycled water for irrigation, the president of Águas do Tejo Atlântico, Alexandra Serra, stated that this “is a psmall big step towards the sustainability of the cities of the future”.
On the part of the council, Catarina Freitas, municipal director for the Environment, highlighted the need for this partnership in “rProduce drinking water consumption in Lisbon, since 75% of it is used in Washing green spaces, or watering waste spaces, an “emergency ruin to the face” environment.
Carlos Moedas, president of the municipality, defended that the CML “I had the responsibility to give this push” to “be ahead of its time when it comes to the circularity” of the city’s water. The mayor also argued that it is not a “right or left” policy, but rather a way of “changing society” for the younger generations.
In the future, the council intends to give this project, in a phased way, through the wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) of Alcântara and Marvila in the lower part of the city and the Águas Livres Aqueduct at the highest level of Lisbon.
In the municipalities of Águas do Tejo Atlântico, the company’s plan is to use recycled water in the remaining gardens of Greater Lisbon and Oeste, such as Loures or Mafra.
Once the implementation of the project is open, the constant monitoring project of the platform will also be possible, which “data will be presented by the environment area in Lisbon Aberta and that the part of Parque Tejo will take place at night.
The event, in which Águas do Tejo was received rain license and CML a distribution license for that area, also provided for the monitoring of production and production of the water reuse system of this project, but due to the intense that fell this afternoon, it was postponed.
At the session in which the Ministry of the Environment formalized the agreement between the entities involved in the Ministry of the Environment, the Fernan Group were responsible for Águas de Portugal and the Portuguese Agency, the minister being appointed digitally as they meet at the World Forum. from water.