Comprehensive digitization of Aguas de Alicante PERTE

 

Comprehensive Digitalization of Aguas de Alicante

 

45 actions to improve the digitalization of the integral water cycle in Alicante and neighboring municipalities, aligned with the Strategic Plan of Aguas de Alicante, the Urban Agenda, the Alicante Smart City Plan, and the Alicante Circular Water Project

 

 

What does the Comprehensive Digitalization Plan of Aguas de Alicante consist of?

This project's general objective is to achieve a high degree of digitalization in all phases of the water cycle. To this end, it proposes a total of 45 different actions in all areas of the water cycle, from collection to reuse.

With a global budget of €6,207,363.78, the Aguas de Alicante project has been awarded funding in the second call for subsidies for projects to improve the efficiency of the urban water cycle, within the framework of the PRTR (PERTE digitalization of the water cycle). The Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge has granted the maximum funding intensity for all actions (€5,238,128.63).

 

Project summary report 

 

    • Modernize infrastructure sensorization, optimizing data exploitation with efficiency and sustainability criteria
    • Preservation of water resources
    • Reduction of energy consumption and environmental impact
    • Reduce the digital divide and ensure the training of workers and society as a whole

  • MAIN TYPE A ACTIONS:

    • Drought Plans, Master Plans for Transport and Supply Networks, Comprehensive Sanitation System Management Plans, and Risk Management Plans for Reclaimed Water, within the project scope
    • Digital twins of distribution, drainage, and reclaimed water networks for urban use
    • Construction projects for anti-pollution tanks for environmental protection

    MAIN TYPE B ACTIONS:

    • Monitoring of water catchments
    • Real-time Water Quality Control
    • Advanced pre-locators for leak detection and location, and Sensorization of the supply network to improve efficiency
    • Implementation of smart meters
    • Sensors for intelligent irrigation of green areas
    • Advanced Control Stations for Industrial Discharges and infiltrations in the drainage network
    • Monitoring of discharge points to the environment
    • Sensors for Advanced Control of WWTPs

    MAIN TYPE C ACTIONS:

    • Management platform for reclaimed water
    • Smart meter data analysis
    • Intelligent irrigation control
    • Advanced Control of Industrial Discharges and infiltrations
    • Monitoring platform for WWTP treatment processes
    • Open Data Portal

  • In technical terms, the main value provided by the project lies in its implementation across all areas of the water cycle, from collection to reuse, and the wide catalog of integrated technological solutions. The project includes actions for creating digital models, sensorization in all phases of the cycle, and development of information systems for data analysis.

    The project represents a leap forward in the digitalization of the water cycle for the municipalities involved. In areas where the initial degree of digitalization was already advanced, such as water collection or distribution, it allows the process to be completed and thus extract the full value of the data; on the other hand, in areas with less development, such as drainage or especially treatment, a paradigm shift in operation is promoted.

    Environmental benefits: Reduction of discharges to the environment and promotion of reuse, with the ultimate goal of achieving Zero Discharge in dry weather and minimizing the impact of discharges during rainy weather on the receiving environment, while increasing available resources for agriculture and non-potable water use. Reduction of annual energy consumption by more than 3,000MWh, equivalent to the consumption of more than 10,000 households. In water, recovery of 1.44 Hm3 of losses in the 2023-2025 period

    Social benefits: Reduction of the digital divide. Improvement of the urban environment through reuse and nature-based solutions. Job creation and qualification through training, not only internal but also external, through dual VET and educational actions and promotion of STEM vocations.

    The project strongly commits to transparency through the implementation of a Water Open Data portal, which will be fed with information generated in the Digitalization process and other sources, to provide added value to society as a whole. This commitment to transparency is also key to improving Water Governance, which is also supported by the identification of Stakeholder Groups, the definition of appropriate levels and governance bodies, and the promotion of the implementation of associated regulations.

    It is an innovative project as a whole and specifically in the application of advanced technologies, such as artificial vision or real-time pathogen identification; the transferability of results is ensured by the diverse nature of its actions, the municipalities in which they are developed, and the challenges addressed.

 

 

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