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SEFO, Aqualia's French subsidiary that operates mainly in Île de France and Brittany, has just won a new wastewater treatment contract in the Dreux area, in the Eure-et-Loire department (Centre-Loire Valley region), to manage the wastewater of 41 municipalities.

After winning the corresponding public tender against Veolia, the Spanish company Aqualia has begun operating the end-to-end water cycle in Riohacha, capital of the Colombian department of La Guajira, in the Caribbean region, in the north-east of the country.

Aqualia has been recognised as "Best Water Company of the Year" at the Global Water Awards 2023, which are awarded by the British communications platform Global Water Intelligence (GWI) and are known as the "Oscars of water".

Aqualia has just been awarded the contract for the management of drinking water for the next 10 years in the Foret du Theil area in the Ille-et-Vilaine department (Brittany/Bretagne region), with 24 municipalities and more than 40,000 inhabitants

Aqualia's 2nd Sustainable Behaviour Barometer reveals that the most widespread practices among citizens are linked to saving resources at home and, as a new feature, includes a ranking of the most sustainable provinces: Toledo, Malaga, Almeria, Madrid and Seville

Bilbao has recently hosted the IWA Digital Water Summit, the first edition of the international conference concerning digitalisation in the water services sector

Endorsed by the French association of mayors (Association des Maires de France - AMF), this Paris event held on 22–24 November is an essential meeting point for companies, municipalities, associations of communes, and other stakeholders and social actors involved in the French urban ecosystem

World Toilet Day, celebrated every 19 November, aims to raise awareness of the global problem of more than 3.6 billion people living without access to safely managed sanitation.

A vast contingent of young technicians and researchers from the company are set to take part in the different activities of the event, both in the technical programme, presentations and posters, along with the institutional programme

Under the motto "Charting resilient water solutions", the International Desalination Association (IDA) held its biennial congress in Sydney, Australia, from 9 to 13 October.