The project, which will be carried out by Mediterráneo de Obras y Asfaltos SA, has a budget of 568,574.57 euros and a completion time of three months
Benidorm awards the contract for the new Palau wastewater collector that will replace the current pumping station
The infrastructure will eliminate operational problems, reduce energy costs and the risk of spills.
Benidorm City Council, through its Local Governing Board, has awarded the contract for the new wastewater collector at Palau d’Esports L’Illa de Benidorm to decommission and replace the facility's existing wastewater pumping station.
The project for this collector was carried out by Hidraqua, the concessionaire for the Municipal Drinking Water and Sanitation Service, commissioned by the Department of Water Cycle Management. The contract has been awarded to Mediterráneo de Obras y Asfaltos S.A. for their bid of €568,574.57.
The procurement process followed standard procedures and was conducted openly. The investment will be financed using the concessionaire's infrastructure renewal funds. The project, which was reviewed by technicians, “meets the technical and regulatory criteria required by municipal planning and sector-specific regulations,” according to the Councillor for the Water Cycle, José Ramón González de Zárate.
Palau d’Esports is located in an area where the municipal sewage network is still under development. Therefore, since the construction of the sports facility, wastewater has been disposed of using a pumping station located on the premises.
González de Zárate noted that due to persistent operational problems at the aforementioned pumping station, “with periodic issues in its operation and maintenance,” it was deemed necessary to commission the drafting of a technical solution “to guarantee the efficient disposal of wastewater most sustainably and reliably.”
The project proposes “a new gravity-fed collector that will eliminate the existing pumping station, reducing energy consumption, maintenance costs, and the risk of spills due to pump failure,” explained the councillor. González de Zárate added that with the execution of this project, “we will solve some wastewater drainage problems that occurred relatively frequently in the Palau area, and we will continue with the renovation of all the hydraulic infrastructure to further advance in the efficient management of water.”
The work will begin, according to the councillor, after Benidorm Fest “so as not to disrupt the preparations for one of the city's main promotional events.”