The contract calls for the installation of the plant in the current IDAM of Sant Antoni and the deadline for submitting bids is 28 April

The Minister of the Sea and Water Cycle of the Balearic Islands Government, Juan Manuel Lafuente, and the manager of Abaqua, Emeterio Moles, presented the tender for the supply of a modular desalination plant at the Sant Antoni de Portmany desalination plant in Sant Antoni de Portmany on Monday, Juan Manuel Lafuente, and the manager of Abaqua, Emeterio Moles, presented this Monday, at the Sant Antoni de Portmany desalination plant, the tender for the supply of a modular desalination plant with a capacity of 1. 1,000 cubic metres per day. The visit was also attended by the mayor of the municipality, Marcos Serra; the councillor for the Environment, Beaches, Cleanliness and Animal Welfare of the Town Hall, Pepita Torres, and Ignacio José Andrés Roselló, councillor for Environmental Management, Sustainability, Innovation and Transparency of the Consell de Ibiza.

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Abaqua puts out to tender a modular desalination plant to reinforce water production during the summer and reduce the pressure on the aquifers of Eivissa

The main objective of this action is to increase the production capacity of desalinated water during the months of greatest demand and to reduce extractions from aquifers, especially in anticipation of a possible state drought alert this summer. The deadline for submitting bids for this tender, with a budget of 786,500 euros (VAT included), is open until 28 April, and the plant will be installed on the site of the current IDAM in Sant Antoni.

Councillor Lafuente stressed that ‘this action is a further step in the Government’s strategy to guarantee the supply of drinking water under conditions of maximum demand, reduce dependence on aquifers and strengthen Eivissa’s water resilience’. ‘The modular plant will allow us to respond with greater agility to situations of drought or occasional overloading of the system while moving towards a more sustainable and balanced water management model on the island,’ he added.

For his part, the mayor of Sant Antoni de Portmany, Marcos Serra, welcomed the news of the commissioning of this facility, ‘as it is in line with the policy of this council’, which is committed to promoting desalinated water as the main contribution to municipal supply, representing up to 90% in the summer period in areas where there is the possibility of desalinated water supply.

At present, the demand for desalinated water on the island of Eivissa exceeds the production capacity of the existing plants, except in the winter months. According to data published on the Water Portal of the Directorate General for Water Resources, the available groundwater resources stood at 34% in February. Although the rains of the last month have raised this percentage to 39% in March, the island’s water system remains vulnerable.

In the event that a state of alert is declared, the Special Action Plan for Situations of Water Emergency will be implemented.