Innovation
Breadcrumb
- Sustainability
- Innovation
SUSTAINABILITY
The efficient use of natural resources and the a sustainable management are part of our DNA
SUSTAINABILITY
The efficient use of natural resources and the a sustainable management are part of our DNA
STRATEGIC PLAN: OUR PRESENT IS THE FUTURE
The Strategic Plan of Canal de Isabel II 2018-2030 defines our long-term objectives and the strategies necessary to achieve them. This Plan addresses our challenges of modernization and sustainability, and maintains and promotes technological levels and excellence in service.
WE EXPAND OUR SOCIAL TARIFFS TO GET TO EVEN MORE PEOPLE
In Canal de Isabel II we have been adapting to the special needs of our clients for years. Our social tariff of water consumption is designed for those who need it most and includes different bonuses.
APP CANAL CLIENTS: MANAGE WATER FROM YOUR SMARTPHONE
Download our app for free and discover all its advantages whether you are a client or not. Do you know that you can send your meter reading with a simple photo or notify an incident with a single click? A world of services at your fingertips.
Introducción Innovación
Innovation
We apply technologies aimed at the efficient management of resources, requirements and infrastructures to all our processes. In particular, we strive for maximum technological innovation in our computer, communications and remote-control systems.
Our R&D&I strategy is clearly directed towards the innovative culture of the company and talent management as fundamental pillars for efficient, innovative and sustainable development.
We apply technologies aimed at the efficient management of resources, requirements and infrastructures to all our processes. In particular, we strive for maximum technological innovation in our computer, communications and remote-control systems.
Our R&D&I strategy is clearly directed towards the innovative culture of the company and talent management as fundamental pillars for efficient, innovative and sustainable development.
Módulos Innovación
R&D&I Strategy
2017-2020
R&D&I Strategy 2017-2020
This document covers different areas of Canal's activity: from the services we provide and the relationships we establish with our environment, emphasising innovation in the company, society and the market by improving processes, and with the efficient provision of our services and a position at the fore of the sector.
Initially, the strategy is defined from 2017 to 2020; during this period, the strategy will serve as the guide which defines our company's path towards growth and innovative progress.
Reclaimed
water
INDUSTRIAL USE OF RECLAIMED WATER
As a result of collaboration between Canal de Isabel II, the paper company Holmen Paper Madrid and the Cellulose and Paper Research Group at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, the first paper plant in the world to use reclaimed waste waters in most of the production processes was set up in 2011. To guarantee that quality requirements are met, we installed a double membrane (ultrafiltration and inverse osmosis) treatment system followed by a disinfection process at the Culebro Medio Waste Water Treatment Plant. This allows for 100% of the plant's supply water to be replaced, obtaining savings in drinking water of more than 4 cubic hectometres per year, equivalent to the annual consumption of a population of 80,000 inhabitants.
Membrane water
purification
MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY IN NEW WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS
Work on the construction of the Arroyo Valenoso Waste Water Treatment Plant (EDAR) in the town of Boadilla del Monte began in 2012, with a budget of 9.2 million Euros and a treatment capacity of up to 12,000 cubic metres per day of waste water, equivalent to the pollution load of a population of 40,000 inhabitants. This highly advanced treatment system, which eliminates nitrogen and phosphorus, is based on ultrafiltration membrane technology. At present there are only 15 waste treatment plants of this type in Spain.
Flagship
programmes
INNOVA 100 PLAN
100 research or innovative projects which are feasible in 2022
The challenge for innovation lies in making it viable, useful and efficient for all of the society. We aim to make our company a centre of excellence in innovation, research and development in our sector. To this purpose, 100 innovative projects have been developed, with feasible and effective results for the 2018-2022 period.
To find out more, click here.
CENTRE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN WATER
Creation of the Dual Vocational Training and Masters in Water
There is a shortage of professionals with expertise in water management, both with respect to Intermediate and Advanced Vocational Training and to university postgraduates of all types. The Centre of Advanced Studies in Water aspires to specialise in training the best water management professionals of the future in Spain and other countries, placing Canal at the fore when it comes to training experts in water in Spain, and establishing Madrid as a centre of excellence in this training.
To find out more, click here.
R&D&I Strategy
2017-2020
R&D&I Strategy 2017-2020
This document covers different areas of Canal's activity: from the services we provide and the relationships we establish with our environment, emphasising innovation in the company, society and the market by improving processes, and with the efficient provision of our services and a position at the fore of the sector.
Initially, the strategy is defined from 2017 to 2020; during this period, the strategy will serve as the guide which defines our company's path towards growth and innovative progress.
To find out more, click here.
Reclaimed
water
INDUSTRIAL USE OF RECLAIMED WATER
As a result of collaboration between Canal de Isabel II, the paper company Holmen Paper Madrid and the Cellulose and Paper Research Group at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, the first paper plant in the world to use reclaimed waste waters in most of the production processes was set up in 2011. To guarantee that quality requirements are met, we installed a double membrane (ultrafiltration and inverse osmosis) treatment system followed by a disinfection process at the Culebro Medio Waste Water Treatment Plant. This allows for 100% of the plant's supply water to be replaced, obtaining savings in drinking water of more than 4 cubic hectometres per year, equivalent to the annual consumption of a population of 80,000 inhabitants.
To find out more, click here.
Membrane water
purification
MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY IN NEW WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS
Work on the construction of the Arroyo Valenoso Waste Water Treatment Plant (EDAR) in the town of Boadilla del Monte began in 2012, with a budget of 9.2 million Euros and a treatment capacity of up to 12,000 cubic metres per day of waste water, equivalent to the pollution load of a population of 40,000 inhabitants. This highly advanced treatment system, which eliminates nitrogen and phosphorus, is based on ultrafiltration membrane technology. At present there are only 15 waste treatment plants of this type in Spain.
To find out more, click here.
Flagship
programmes
INNOVA 100 PLAN
100 research or innovative projects which are feasible in 2022
The challenge for innovation lies in making it viable, useful and efficient for all of the society. We aim to make our company a centre of excellence in innovation, research and development in our sector. To this purpose, 100 innovative projects have been developed, with feasible and effective results for the 2018-2022 period.
To find out more, click here.
CENTRE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN WATER
Creation of the Dual Vocational Training and Masters in Water
There is a shortage of professionals with expertise in water management, both with respect to Intermediate and Advanced Vocational Training and to university postgraduates of all types. The Centre of Advanced Studies in Water aspires to specialise in training the best water management professionals of the future in Spain and other countries, placing Canal at the fore when it comes to training experts in water in Spain, and establishing Madrid as a centre of excellence in this training.
To find out more, click here.
Fondos europeos
European Funds
The General Subdirectorate of European Funds and Regional Policy coordinates the programs co-financed by European Funds of the Regional Community Policy. Check the details about European funding in the Community of Madrid here.
The Directorate General of European Funds is the body of the Central Administration responsible for the study, evaluation and coordination of the management of the application in Spain of the Structural Funds, especially the ERDF (European Regional Development Fund), and the Cohesion Fund. See all the details here.
The General Subdirectorate of European Funds and Regional Policy coordinates the programs co-financed by European Funds of the Regional Community Policy. Check the details about European funding in the Community of Madrid here.
The Directorate General of European Funds is the body of the Central Administration responsible for the study, evaluation and coordination of the management of the application in Spain of the Structural Funds, especially the ERDF (European Regional Development Fund), and the Cohesion Fund. See all the details here.
Periodo 2014-2020
2014-2020 term
Access and consult all the cofinanced project that took place during 2014-2020.
2014-2020 term
Access and consult all the cofinanced project that took place during 2014-2020.
Módulos FEDER
Valmayor
Construction of the mini hydroelectric plant in valmayor
The aim of the project is to enable the flowing water from the Valmayor reservoir to be used to produce electricity through the execution of a mini hydroelectric plant next to the channel that carries the water from the reservoir to the Valmayor drinking water treatment plant.
This would enable 3 m3/s from the Valmayor reservoir to flow through a turbine and the building to be prepared for the future installation of two more turbines to enable 12 m3/s to be reached.
Total investment: 6.575.978,46 €
Expected ERDF Funds: 3.287.989,23 €
- Consult the contract of the technical assistance.
- Consult the information related to the construction contract.
Alcalá Oeste
Cogeneration installation in the Alcalá Oeste Wastewater Treatment Plant
The aim of installing a cogeneration system is to use the biogas produced in the wastewater treatment plant to generate, on the one hand, the heat required for the anaerobic digestion of wastewater sludge and, on the other, electricity for the plant’s own consumption.
Total investment: 1.775.430,72 €
Expected ERDF Funds: 887.715,36 €
- Check the contract of the technical assistance EDAR de Alcalá Oeste.
- Consult the construction contract.
- More details.
Plaza Castilla
Implementation of hydraulic turbogenerator in the Plaza Castilla tank
The aim of the project is to use the pressure diferential at the entrance to the tank to install a 60kW microturbine to generate electric energy for self consumption. This clean energy helps to mitigate the negative effects produced by conventinal methods.
Total investment: 297.465,39 €
Expected ERDF Funds: 148.732,70 €
- Consult the project construction contract.
Valmayor
Construction of the mini hydroelectric plant in valmayor
The aim of the project is to enable the flowing water from the Valmayor reservoir to be used to produce electricity through the execution of a mini hydroelectric plant next to the channel that carries the water from the reservoir to the Valmayor drinking water treatment plant.
This would enable 3 m3/s from the Valmayor reservoir to flow through a turbine and the building to be prepared for the future installation of two more turbines to enable 12 m3/s to be reached.
Total investment: 6.575.978,46 €
Expected ERDF Funds: 3.287.989,23 €
- Consult the contract of the technical assistance.
- Consult the information related to the construction contract.
Alcalá Oeste
Cogeneration installation in the Alcalá Oeste Wastewater Treatment Plant
The aim of installing a cogeneration system is to use the biogas produced in the wastewater treatment plant to generate, on the one hand, the heat required for the anaerobic digestion of wastewater sludge and, on the other, electricity for the plant’s own consumption.
Total investment: 1.775.430,72 €
Expected ERDF Funds: 887.715,36 €
- Check the contract of the technical assistance EDAR de Alcalá Oeste.
- Consult the construction contract.
- More details.
Plaza Castilla
Implementation of hydraulic turbogenerator in the Plaza Castilla tank
The aim of the project is to use the pressure diferential at the entrance to the tank to install a 60kW microturbine to generate electric energy for self consumption. This clean energy helps to mitigate the negative effects produced by conventinal methods.
Total investment: 297.465,39 €
Expected ERDF Funds: 148.732,70 €
- Consult the project construction contract.
Período 2007-2013
2007-2013 term
Access and consult all the cofinanced project that took place during 2007-2013.
2007-2013 term
Access and consult all the cofinanced project that took place during 2007-2013.
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