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A local facility that purifies water taken from the Laguna Lake emerged as the “Water Project of the Year” in the prestigious Global Water Awards presented in London on April 15.
Also known as the Laguna Lake Drinking Water Treatment Plant , the project was chosen for having “the greatest innovation in terms of optimizing its physical or environmental footprint,” the awards-giving body said. The annual Global Water Awards were presented at the Global Water Summit, a major business conference for the water industry worldwide. They aim to recognize excellence in the international water industry by rewarding initiatives that contribute significantly to the advancement of the industry.The state-of-the-art drinking water treatment plant is being built in two phases and will have a capacity of 150 million liters per day.
During the Global Water Awards, Acciona was also hailed the “Desalination Company of the Year” for its contributions to the desalination industry in 2023. This is the fifth year that Acciona received such recognition. One of the world’s leading companies in water services and desalination projects, Acciona also won the Best Water Company Award in 2010, 2013, and 2017. Last year, it was chosen to construct the Casablanca Seawater Desalination Plant in Morocco, which will be the second-largest desalination plant in the world.
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