💧 More than 282,000 plastic bottles avoided thanks to drinking fountains in Alicante
📍 Alicante , 13 June 2025 - The city continues its strong commitment to sustainability and the careful use of water resources . Thanks to the installation of 22 chilled drinking water machines , it has been possible to avoid the use of 282,432 plastic bottles in just one year . These data were presented at the second meeting of the Board of Directors of Aguas Municipalizadas de Alicante (Amaem) in 2025.
🚰 Installing drinking fountains: the path to a clean future
The initiative is carried out by Aguas de Alicante in collaboration with the Municipality of Alicante , with the support of the political group Vox . The project started in July 2024 with Phase I - a pilot installation of 6 machines in areas with high traffic during the summer.
📈 Then came Phase II and Phase III , which added 7 and 9 more devices , respectively. In total, 22 drinking machines are located throughout the city:
- in the center and tourist areas
- in residential areas
- at sports facilities
- on the island of Tabarka
⚡ Project goal :
✅ Increase the availability of drinking water in public places
✅ Promote eco-friendly habits and reusable containers
✅ Reduce plastic pollution
✅ Provide citizens and tourists with a healthy alternative to bottled water
🔄 Smart water recycling system
The city is also focusing on water regeneration and reuse for a sustainable future:
📌 SIGAR Project
As part of the PERTE programme for the digitalisation of water systems , Alicante is launching the Intelligent Management System for Reclaimed Water (SIGAR) :
- 💶 Budget : 181,000 €
- 🧠 Using AI to predict water quality and volume
- ⚠ Implementation of a sanitary risk assessment system and data access management
🏗 Major construction projects in the field of water supply
✅ Expansion of the reclaimed water network
- 📍 Lorenzo Carbonell Avenue
— Duration: 30 weeks
— Budget: €422,831.88
— Objective: to strengthen the supply of the coastal zone, to increase the capacity of the network - 📍 Via Park (between Avenida Jaime I and PAU1 Park)
— Budget: €885,997.61
— Objective: to improve the coverage and sustainability of infrastructure
🔧 Completed works :
- 🚧 San Gabriel Sewage Pumping Station Upgrade
- 🔄 Updating the collectors in Joan Fuster Park
- 🛢 Installation of sedimentation filters at the EBAR Cocó station
- ♻ Improvements at the Rincon de Leon Wastewater Treatment Plant
- 🔁 Repair of trunk networks in the San Gabriel area
📊 16th Aguas de Alicante Sustainability Report
The company presented its sixteenth annual report , compiled according to the international GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) standard. The document covers environmental, social and economic aspects of work:
🌿 Ecology:
- ✅ 100% of consumed electricity is from renewable sources
- ⚡ 3.58 MWh of self-produced clean energy
💧 Water resources:
- 🔎 86.71% - technical efficiency of the network
- 🧪 169.73 km — inspected sewer networks
♻ Circular Economy:
- 💯 100% of wastewater treatment sludge is recycled
- ♻ 30,858 tons of construction waste - recycled
- 💡 €520,000 — investment in research and innovation (R&D+i)
🔹 Alicante continues to move confidently towards environmental responsibility , innovation and sustainable water use .
💙 These initiatives make the city not only cleaner and more modern , but also truly friendly for residents and tourists .