To improve the quality of treated sea water for the Barcelona coastline area, modernise and complete the previous purification plant, decrease the use of reagents eliminating the current physical-chemical process, improve the deodorising process and the integration of the purification plant in the urban area.
The selected process is an activated sludge system which includes: 9 biological reactors, 18 secondary decanters, 4 centrifuges, sludge thickeners, and the corresponding deodorising facilities.
General Information
- Project: Biological Treatment of the Besós Purification plant.
- Entity: Ministry of the Environment. Agencia Catalana del Agua.
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Capacity: 525,000 m3/d
- Equivalent population: 3,199,220 people