A Portuguese delegation made up of municipal representatives from Fundão visited the INTEXT platform. They showed great interest in the systems that are being studied on the INTEXT platform for the treatment of wastewater in small towns. The meeting served to strengthen the determination to lead the way towards more sustainable practices internationally
The European monitor assigned to the INTEXT project, Itxaso Mora, has made her fourth visit to the Talavera de la Reina Plant, which was received by some of the project partners: Aarhus Univesity, AUTARCON, Projar and Aqualia. This meeting also served to carry out a technical review of the progress of the project and the status of its actions.
The staff of the Aqualia Delegation in the Canary Islands accompanied the representatives of the Local Government of La Gomera who visited the INTEXT platform in Talavera de la Reina. During the tour, visitors showed great interest in the environmental and economic benefits of INTEXT NbS for wastewater treatment.
The Environment, Water, Waste and Energy Agency (MARE) of the Regional Government of Cantabria visited the INTEXT plant in Talavera de la Reina. The visit had two parts, the first in which a reception event took place followed by the presentation of the problem of wastewater treatment in small towns that the INTEXT project addresses. This was followed by a field visit to the INTEXT plant.
Damián Amador, Aqualia researcher, made a poster presentation of the INTEXT project at the Spanish IWA Young Water Professionals congress that took place in Valencia between November 16 and 19. The conference is aimed at YWP members and anyone else interested in the water sector, and topics such as water quality, new technologies, new water treatment techniques, climate change and water governance were discussed.
The INTEXT project was represented at the 17th International Conference on Wetland Systems for Water Pollution Control (ICWS) that took place in Lyon between November 7 and 10. Two oral communications were presented: a generic one by Carlos Arias (Aarhus University) and another more technical about the collaboration of Syntea and CENTA regarding wetland results carried out by Alan Petitjean (Syntea France). In addition, it also was organized the 7th consortium meeting. The progress and challenges of the project in both plants (Talavera de la Reina and CENTA) were presented.
