Our vision is a society with an integrated and future-oriented knowledge on water, environment and health; built upon past experiences and present opportunities.
Chairman and CEO
For 142 years Agbar has unfolded its business activity with the intention of being a corporate group of reference in water management.
The core values of our company are to achieve excellence in the services we provide (an essential aspect of millions of citizens' quality of life), to promote innovation, to foster dialogue, to commit with groups of interest and to develop a sustainable business.
How much water do we actually use in the global metropolises? This video takes you to 12 different cities on the 5 continents.
"Measurement of Oxygen Transfer to a Subsurface Horizontal Flow Constructed Wetland - Comparing Different Retention Times" by Lina Tyroller from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) is announced best full paper at the first Spain National Young Water Professionals Conference. Lina Tyroller will therefore present her work at the International Young Water Professionals Conference in Sydney, Australia on the 5-7 July this year.
The United Nations proclaimed 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity, stating that biodiversity, is essential to sustain the living networks and systems that provide us all with health, wealth, food, fuel and the vital services our lives depend on.
Dr. José Eduardo González Pastor from the Astrobiology Centre in Madrid (INTA-CSIC) writes in his article "The unseen diversity of microbes. The protection of aquatic environments due to their microbiological interest." about the importance of the microorganisms in the environment and in particular in various aquatic ecosystems. Further he points out their usefulness in biotechnological applications and medicine.
Barcelona, 16-18 of June 2010
With an aim to encourage and support professionals and postgraduate researchers within the Spanish water and wastewater industry, the International Water Association (IWA), Fundació Agbar and CETaqua organize the first Spanish National Young Water Professionals (YWP) Conference.
The objective of this national forum is to provide a platform for professionals and postgraduate researchers to present their research related to all aspects of water, as well as create professional development opportunities for these Young Water Professionals.
