Wednesday, 26 November 2025, 19:52
Water supply company Acosol has launched a tender for the modernisation of the Cerro del Águila wastewater treatment plant (WWTP), which has been left to deteriorate. The aim of this project, with a budget of two million euros, including taxes, and an execution period of six months, is to provide golf courses with higher quality and quanity reclaimed water.
“The Cerro del Águila wastewater treatment plant (WWTP), located in the town of Mijas, has a water regeneration system that has significant deficiencies both hydraulically and in its filtration system, which has prevented it from functioning properly since it was put into service. Due to these technical limitations, the installations were abandoned, left out of service and without maintenance,” the specifications of the contract state.
In short, all the mechanisms have to be replaced. The current problem is that golf courses demand reclaimed water for irrigation on a continuous basis. The demand will only increase and the quality standards are high.
Key project in the area
This project is of great importance because there are no supply alternatives in the area. At present, it is impossible to guarantee the aforementioned quality with the primary and secondary treatment phases. The aim of the project is to increase production to 1,800 cubic metres per hour.
The infrastructure underwent an energy renovation process two years ago. Consumption was reduced by 42% after an investment of 2.6 million euros.
The Cerro del Águila WWTP serves parts of Benalmádena and Mijas and the entire municipality of Fuengirola. It handles wastewater equivalent to that produced by 160,000 people, with a maximum capacity of 240,000.
