Aguas de Calpe will start repairing the drinking water pipes in Pioco - Terrasala next Monday, 23 September.
The work consists of laying 1,243 metres of new pipes with three junctions to the existing networks, which will allow 741 metres of obsolete pipes to be taken out of service. This will improve the efficiency of the municipal drinking water supply network and minimise the risk of breakdowns.
In addition, a pressure regulating valve will be installed in the Terrasala area and 9 house connections will be renewed. The expected duration of the work is four months and the investment will amount to 102,839.85 €.
This work will ensure continuity of supply as it will remove sections of pipe that were in private property, making it difficult to detect possible leaks and will now be replaced by others on public roads.
On the other hand, the conditions of the drinking water supply in the houses are optimized in terms of pressure and flow to ensure the supply of houses at higher levels and to regulate the pressure in houses at lower levels.
Aguas de Calpe's continuous renewal of the city's pipelines guarantees the sustainability of Calpe's supply system. This, together with other measures such as the telecontrol system, the division of the network into sectors and the installation of intelligent household meters, has contributed to improving hydraulic efficiency in Calpe, which currently stands at 85% and is a benchmark in the province of Alicante. Hydraulic efficiency is the index that evaluates the efficiency of the drinking water supply system, meaning that currently in Calpe 85 percent of the water supplied by the network reaches the households of the customers and only 15 percent is lost due to various circumstances such as failures, fraudulent tapping of pipes.
In April 2019, Aguas de Calpe was awarded AENOR certification according to the UNE 178.101-1 water efficiency standard, making it the first company in Europe to manage the integrated water cycle certified according to this standard for the management of water networks in the vicinity of smart cities.