Did you know that in the Pinedo's Waterworks...?
- The depurated water in Emarsa isn't suitable for the human
consume. It is undrinkable, although it seems the contrary by its aspect
and clarity. it must be treated in a special place to be potable.
- Mood, which is get in the depuration process of the residual
water, is a residue of thick texture and carried away a high quantity of
substances that are very necessaries for the growth and development of the
plants. It has the nature of an habitual compost. For this reason, it has
been used since 1997 like fertilizer in the crop fields of the Valencia
Province.
- The depurated water in Emarsa arrives at the Pinedo's beaches,
The Saler, The Dehesa, The Perelló, etc., through the Emissary Submarine
that started to work in 1991. According to the Laboratory technician of
the Valencia Town-hall, this coastal area has experimented a sensitive improvement
since it receives the treated water in the Pinedo's Waterworks and it has
get blue flags by the European Community that after it didn't have.
- In Emarsa works a Coogeneration plant, in which apart from
the mood is got electric energy that supplies the necessities of the Pinedo's
Waterworks. With this, is obtain an saving energetic.
- The "Albufera" receives approximately 4000 cubic
metres of depurated water per year. This water is beneficial for its fauna
and flora development and survival. The "clean water" of Emarsa
is mixed with the "black water" that arrives through the irrigation
ditches to the Natural Park. This fact favours its regeneration and maintenance.
- The farmers say that the "Samaruc" , a fish which
had already dissapeared, has been seen another time since the water of the
Pinedo's Waterworks runs through the irrigation ditch until the "Albufera".
- Near 1.621 farmers, who plant rice in the places that confine
the Natural Park, have watered their fields with depurated water of Emarsa
since 1985. The use of this water in the rice crops avoids the excess of
the aquifer exploitation, as well as, according to these professionals have
indicated it is a guarantee that the irrigation is made with clean water,
on the contrary, this doesn't happen with the river water, which has not
an optimal conditions since it contains a high quantity of residues and
pollutant liquids.
- In the Pinedo's Waterworks we clean the residual water
that comes out of the Valencia citizens homes and the communities that round
the "Albufera" natural park, near 1.500.000 inhabitants..
- Emarsa will become in one of the biggest waterworks (163.062
m2) and with the most complete treatment (Primary, Biological, Secondary
and Tertiary) in Spain and Europe when the enlargement works finish.
- Any group can cross the installations of the Pinedo's Waterworks
calling to 96-367 42 58. During the visit the citizens will be able to know
the origin and treatments that the "black water" receives as well
as the use of the clean water in the crop fields, in the "Albufera"
and in the sea, and the mood like compost.
- The fishermen in the "Albufera" put the fishing
arts (preparation) in the exit of the "Tremolar's sluice" . This
channel drives the depurated water from Emarsa to the Natural Park. The
fishermen do this because thanks to the clean water of the Pinedo's Waterworks
there are more fishes in this place.
- Emarsa is the plan that treats the biggest quantity of
water in the "Comunidad Valenciana" . It occupies the third place
in volume in Spain (near of 120 millions of cubic metres per year), behind other
big cities like Madrid (198) and Barcelona (197).
- The farmers, who water their fields with depurated water,
get an important saving in the yearly costs of cultivation. The treated
water in the treatment plants of residual water contains nutrients (nourishment
for plants) and the farmer must use a smaller quantity of fertilizer due
to the load that the depurated water takes. The same dosage would be an
excess for the crops.
