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Aqualia receives the “Distinction Award” in the category of Best Water Company of the Year at the Global Water Awards 2022 Aqualia has received triple recognition at the Global Water Awards 2022, awards granted by the British communications platform Global Water Intelligence, known as the “Oscars of water”. The water manage- ment company received a Distinction Award (second place) in the main category of “Best Water Company of the Year”. Aqualia was also selected among the four finalists in the Net Zero Carbon Champion cate - gory. Finally, Víctor Monsalvo, head of the Eco-effi - ciency Area in the company’s Innovation and Techno- logy Department, was awarded the “Distinction Water Tech Idol” for his presentation of the MIDES project, a water desalination system with no energy costs, uni- que in the world. The award given to Aqualia as the second-best wa- ter management company in the world, after Manila Water, the operating company in the capital of the Philippine Islands, is recognition of the company’s achievements in 2021, as well as its contributions to the development of the sector worldwide. With its inclusion on the short list of four finalists in the Net Zero Carbon Champion category, the jury of the Global Water Awards 2022 endorses Aqualia’s global strategy in favour of decarbonisation. To this end, the company is developing numerous R&D projects, and presented, at the end of 2021, its Strategic Sustaina- bility Plan 2023, focused on reducing consumption, creating alliances and developing technology. water Representatives of Aqualia during the presentation of the Global Water Awards 2022. B U S I N E S S 15 B U S I N E S S