The Director General of Hybrid Resources for the Consell de Mallorca, Joana Maria Garau; along with Antoni Garcías, Managing Director of the Balearic Water Agency; the Mayor of Sant Llorenç, Mateu Puigròs; and other municipal representatives visited the Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) in Sa Coma, Mallorca. The facility, managed by FACSA, treats the town's wastewater following the completion of improvement and renovation works that began in 2016.
The project was developed in three phases over two years. Among all the actions, the construction of three new biological reactors stands out, with a total usable volume of 16,000 m³ aerated by four 55kW blowers; as well as the construction of new pumping facilities and the improvement of all electrical circuits; including the new Transformer Center, which provides the plant with a 630 kVA power supply.
This project has been financed by the Balearic Government through a sanitation levy, with an allocation of €4,540,187.53. This plan of reforms and improvements has enabled the wastewater treatment plant to increase its capacity from serving a population of 55,000 to 80,500, the figure the municipality experiences during the summer months. Currently, the plant can treat up to 11,500 m³ of water per day.
However, in parallel with the execution of these works at the treatment plant, the city council has also allocated more than 700,000 euros to optimize the two pumping stations in Sa Coma, the two in Cala Millor and the one in s'Illot, and the project for the improvement of the Cala Nau station has already been approved, whose works will begin in September.
This project responds to a long-standing demand from the Llorencia council to the Balearic Government after the plant became obsolete and unable to meet the demand of a growing population.
Now, the Sant Llorenç City Council hopes to continue improving this type of infrastructure and will present projects to obtain a marine-terrestrial outfall, a submarine, ultrafiltration or an EBAR in Son Carrió; among other initiatives.
«"These types of infrastructure, which everyone takes for granted as working well, require a good renewal and maintenance process, which in turn requires a significant investment," remarked the mayor of Sant Llorenç, Mateu Puigròs.
