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Vilamoura Marina desalination plant in operation

Installed at the new marina designed to accommodate large vessels, the equipment optimises water resources and activities relying on non-potable water. The new Vilamoura Marina, which was inaugurated at the

March 25, 2025by Alexandra StilwellIn Desalination, Sustainability, Vilamoura
Odeleite dam pictured on Tuesday, March 18 - Photo: Nuno de Santos Loureiro

Algarve’s dams ‘full enough to guarantee three years’ supply’

Environment agency says it can work with “peace of mind” now implementing projects The Algarve’s dams are averaging 79% of their total storage capacity after recent rains, which translates into

March 20, 2025by Natasha DonnIn Dams, Desalination, Water
Impression of the plant which, in its first phase, would take in 101,400 cu metres of seawater per day, to chemically treat it to be fit for human consumption

Work on Algarve desalination plant will start this year, insists company

Judicial challenges remain in place Construction of the desalination plant earmarked for land set back from Praia da Falésia, in Albufeira, should be starting this year, the CEO of Aquapor

February 21, 2025by Natasha DonnIn Albufeira, Desalination

Sustainable Water Platform welcomes decision to pull Algarve projects out of PRR programme

Platform “reaffirms position”: projects “jeopardise Algarve’s future” PAS, the Sustainable Water Platform, has been quick to register its “satisfaction” with the government’s announcement “regarding the proposal to exclude the projects

February 1, 2025by Natasha DonnIn Algarve News, Desalination, Government

Algarve’s desalination plant loses PRR funding

With loss, lawsuits in place cannot be overridden as government previously planned The bitterly-contested project for a massive desalination plant set back from the coast in Albufeira has been dropped

January 31, 2025by Natasha DonnIn Algarve News, Desalination
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Algarve fishermen up ante in battle to stop desalination

Fishermen launch petition, explaining how desalination process kills marine life Algarve fishermen have upped the ante in the environmental battle to stop a €108 million desalination plant from being constructed

January 25, 2025by Natasha DonnIn Algarve News, Desalination, Quarteira
The pristine sea off Praia da Falésia which Albufeira residents want to keep that way. Image: Natasha Donn, Portugal Resident

Desalination situation: Algarve company outlines obstacles

Project faces “several court cases”; is not slam dunk certainty reports may suggest Following a number of press reports recently suggesting the Algarve desalination plant is going full steam ahead,

January 8, 2025by Natasha DonnIn Algarve News, Desalination
Algarve beach|Paolo Funassi (left), Richard Culhane (centre right) and Alisa Scutt (right), members of the Estrangeiros-Foreigners Algarve group, who sent a letter to the EC about the Algarve desalination plant

EC vows to follow Algarve desalination project closely

Residents receive response to letter sent to EC in November The European Commission (EC) has vowed to closely follow the controversial Algarve desalination plant, a project that has sparked environmental

January 7, 2025by Michael BruxoIn Algarve News, Desalination
The Alqueva Dam, Alentejo - Photo: Paulo Resende/Shutterstock|Environment minister Maria da Graça Carvalho at the Pavilhão da Água (water pavilion) in Faro last Sunday - Photo: Águas do Algarve|Pavilhão da Água - Photos Águas do Algarve (1)|Government commits to ensuring Algarve doesn’t dry up|Pomarão - Photo: Bruno Filipe Pires/Open Media Group

Government commits to ensuring Algarve doesn’t dry up

Water highway south from Alqueva ‘under consideration’  Little more than a year ago, PĂșblico wrote: “Portugal has no strategy for water, but uses it at will”. Since then, there have

December 18, 2024by Natasha DonnIn Algarve News, Desalination, Drought, Environment, Government, Portugal News, Water
Algarve desalination plant “jeopardises region’s future”

Algarve desalination plant “jeopardises region’s future”

Sustainable Water Platform underscores arguments government is ignoring PAS, the Algarve-based Sustainable Water Platform, has come out today reiterating all the arguments against the plan for what has now developed

October 25, 2024by Natasha DonnIn Algarve News, Desalination
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