Climate change constitutes the greatest environmental threat ever suffered by humanity. Background Climate change is the evil of our time and its consequences can be devastating if we do not drastically reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, the impacts of climate change are already perceptible and are evidenced by …
The Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) has a Hydraulic and Irrigation Laboratory (LHIR) dependent on the Department of Rural and Agricultural Engineering. It is a pioneering research facility consisting of a closed circuit with a lower and an upper tank with an associated pumping station. Additionally the pumps of the pumping station, provided with frequency …
The historic city of Salamanca, crossed by the river Tormes, has about 330,000 citizens and is located northwest of Madrid. The drinking water supply network has several regulating valves that reduce pressure in certain areas of the municipality. Thanks to the installation of the water turbine in parallel to one of the city’s pressure reducing …
San Juan de Plan is a town located in a mountain area of the Pyrenees Mountains (Spain). Its drinking water supply comes from a spring called the “Font Blanca”. The spring is at an altitude of 1485m and has a catchment box a little further down, at an altitude of 1300 meters. From said manhole …
Palma del Río is a municipality located in the south of Spain, in Andalucía, and has about 22,000 inhabitants. The drinking water supply system has a treatment plant that pumps the treated water to a reservoir located in an upper area. From that reservoir, the water is transported through a pressurized pipe to the municipality. …
The water treatment plant in Granville (France) receives raw water pumped from a river. The water is stored in an elevated reservoir before being treated at the plant. This means that the pipe that carries the water to the plant reaches a pressure of 1.2 bar. Later, the water is stored in a pre-treatment tank. …