The Costa del Sol desalination plant regains its maximum production capacity

The desalination plant in Marbella can now regenerate up to 20 cubic hectometers of water, the maximum production capacity for which it was built in the 1990s. Various functional problems that appeared over time and wear from years of operation reduced its production capacity to about six cubic hectometers. To reverse the situation of the equipment and in the face of a future marked by climate change and increasingly extreme and prolonged drought periods on the Costa del Sol, the Andalusian Regional Government promoted an action of about 7.5 million euros that has now concluded so that the desalination plant could recover its maximum production capacity, which equates to 20 percent of the water needs of the residents of the Costa del Sol. The first phase of the improvements, which ended last year, allowed the desalination plant to expand its water regeneration capacity from six cubic hectometers to 12. The actions of the second stage increased that production capacity by eight cubic hectometers. The regenerated water produced by the desalination plant, in addition to supplying the Costa del Sol, can be transferred to the capital of Malaga, the Axarquía, or the Campo de Gibraltar region in Cadiz. The president of the Andalusian Regional Government, Juanma Moreno, is scheduled to attend the inauguration of the treatment plant today, among other authorities.