Conference on reducing consumption of energy in water distribution
The Xàbia municipal water company Amjasa and the Water Technology Institute (ITA) of the Polytechnic
University of Valencia will hold a
conference on the morning of Friday
11 March “The link between water
and energy in the urban water cycle.
Discussion will cover energy consumption (electricity or gas) needed
to produce and distribute water. The
conference will address the challenges facing the sector, such as meeting
the demand of the millions of tourists
who visit Spain, desalination, transport, distribution, drainage, purification and restoration of the the natural
environment. Also, the need to reduce energy consumption to combat
climate change and the greenhouse
effect, as well as improving the competitiveness of the sector. The conference will be held at the Parador and
registration is required (from Press
Release). The workshop, which will
last all morning, we will analyze all
the costs related to the different stages of urban water in search of energy
and water efficiency, and promote the
Funding for Xàbia Swimming pool
earmarked This from José Chulvi’s Facebook stream: “Yesterday I
met with Ximo Puig, President of the
Generalitat Valenciano, a person who
does meet his commitments, including what others have so often promised and never fulfilled. In the Gen-
eralitat’s budget for 2017 provision
has been made for the financing of
the covered swimming pool for Xàbia. Vamos!!!” (Eds note: Agenda21
has been banging on about this since
at least 2008)
Marina Alta’s miniscule Industrial
sector shrinks Setting aside the two
big local companies , the supermarket
Mas y Mas and Baleària (shipping),
which weathered the economic crisis well, the region’s small industrial
sector has collapsed, shedding 42%
of jobs between 2008 and 2013 when
its 1,716 workers represented only
0.54% of the workforce employed in
the region. From: La Marina Plaza
Weather extremes and their
consequences At the end of last
week, minimum night time temperatures were to 18.9ºC in Benidorm,
and 18.7ºC in Pego …temperatures
more reminiscent of late Sprin