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Expansion and upgrading of the Vigo Water Treatment Plant Inauguration in Talavera de la Reina (Toledo) of innovative facilities to solve the challenge of wastewater treatment in small towns Güimar and Aqualia sign the new water contract award for an additional 25 years Almeria’s businessmen reward Aqualia’s involvement and drive in the province Beca IFM Investors grant for inclusion and sustainability in the Czech Republic The most international edition of the Aqualia Journalism Award is under way Aqualia at the Paris municipal services trade fair The City Council of Vigo and Aqualia, the concessionaire of Vi- go’s municipal water service, have laid the first stone of the pro- ject to expand and modernise the city’s Water Treatment Plant (WTP), located in O Casal. With an estimated investment of 23 million euros, construction will be undertaken over the next 18 months. With this new facility, Vigo is rai- sing its standards above the new European direc- tive on water for human consumption, in a clear commitment to the future. The call for entries is now open for the 6th edition of the Journalism Award “Complete water management in municipalities”, which this year extends its coverage and encourages journalists from Spain and Colombia to participate. The aim of the competition is to recognise journalistic work that re- flects the importance of the management of the com - plete water cycle in the daily lives of citizens. The General Council of ASEM- PAL - the Almeria Business Con- federation - has awarded Aqua- lia the “10th Business Initiative Award”. The organisation wan- ted to recognise the company’s strong commitment in Almeria to the intelligent and sustainable management of water, both environmentally, economically and socially, highli- ghting the significant investment to start up the Mar de Alborán desalination plant, as well as innovation pro- jects to promote the circular economy. Thanks to the grant program- me that IFM Investors carries out among its investee com- panies, the Czech associa- tion Trianon has just received a commercial vehicle that will help this NGO to continue de- veloping its social inclusion programmes in the field of the circular economy. Tria - non has been working closely with SmVaK, Aqualia’s Czech subsidiary, on sorting and recycling in industrial facilities, employing people with disabilities in the Český Těšín region of Moravia-Silesia. Aqualia, together with its subsidiaries SEFO and CEG, continues to promote its arrival in the French market with its participation in the Salon des Mai- res et des Collectivités Locales (SMCL), which was held in Paris with a theme dedicated to municipal services in sectors such as the environment, sus- tainable transport, water treatment and intelligent services. The company presented its advanced so- lutions in water management and urban sanitation at this event.  B R I E F - WA T E R 61 WATER B R I E F