Country of reference: Spain On the coast of Catalonia a significant water delivery project was commissioned by Aigües Ter Llobregat (ATLL), a public organisation with responsibility for supplying water to Barcelona and eight surrounding regions. A system was developed to deliver water from the Tordera desalination plant to an inland water treatment plant at Ter, branching off to towns north west of Barcelona en route. XYLEM brands at the heart of the pumping system The project required pump technology to deliver water a distance of 16km to a 10,000m 3 tank in Fogars de la Selva, with arteries of pipework completing the water delivery more than 20km away to the treatment plant at Ter. A joint venture of three companies (COMSA, COPISA and ABANTIA) was chosen to build an underground storage

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