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ElPozo
Alimentación
a remarkable example of environmental
sustainibility
B
ased in the province of Murcia in the
southeast of Spain, ElPozo Alimentación
is a Spanish company with a 60-year track
record in the market. Today, ElPozo meat
products reach a market of over one billion
potential clients in more than 80 countries,
making it one of the leading companies in the
sector, both in Spain and internationally. Year
after year, ElPozo has increased its market
share and in 2014 it was the brand with the
highest consumption figures in Spain, with a
turnover of around €950 million.
ElPozo Alimentación is firmly committed
to the environment and sustainable
development. Proof of this commitment is the
company’s investment of over €11.5 million in
a number of wastewater treatment initiatives
and projects aimed at reducing emissions
through energy recovery.
Veolia Water Technologies (VWT) has provided
a response to these water treatment needs by
offering sustainable, efficient technological
solutions that increase process performance
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whilst embodying the company’s
commitment to the environment.
Water partners since 2003.
From process water, wastewater and
sludge treatment to energy efficiency
and water reuse.
In wastewater…
In 2003, VWT was awarded a turnkey project
for the Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant
(WWTP) at ElPozo Alimentación’s production
facility in Alhama de Murcia. The industrial
WWTP was designed for a treatment capacity
of 6,000 m⁳/day and 23,880 kg COD/day, a
pollution load corresponding to a population
equivalent of 200,000 inhabitants. The
treatment process consists of an activated
sludge facility including the BIO-DENIPHO™
technology for the removal of organic matter,
phosphorus and nitrogen.
…in process water…
In 2005, VWT supplied two reverse osmosis
units with a total capacity of 4,000 m⁳/day
for the production of water to feed the steam
boiler and the evaporative condensers, as well
as for other uses at the factory. Since these
units went into operation, VWT has also been
entrusted with the provision of technical
assistance and Hydrex® chemical products
(antiscalants, products for plant cleaning
and maintenance). At the end of 2015, VWT
was awarded a further contract to supply a
2,000 m⁳/day reverse osmosis unit to cover
additional production requirements.