Water Infrastructure Strengthening on Spain's Costa del Sol

awarded

The European Investment Bank (EIB) approved €175 million financing for water infrastructure investments by Acosol, the public utility managing urban water in Western Costa del Sol, Málaga province. The project includes modernizing and expanding drinking water supply, sanitation, and water reuse infrastructure across 11 municipalities, benefiting around 1 million residents and up to 1.4 million during summer. Works involve upgrading water production, transmission, storage, wastewater treatment plants, sewerage infrastructure, replacing over 20 km of sewer collectors, rehabilitating over 30 km of drinking water pipelines, constructing a new service reservoir, deploying reclaimed water distribution networks, and implementing energy efficiency measures including renewable energy at the Marbella desalination plant.