Operation and maintenance of "LA CHINA" WWTP
Operation and maintenance of the La China waste water treatment plant (WWTP) in Madrid, 24 hours per day, 365 days per year, by a multi-disciplinary team of more than 65 workers. The La China WWTP is the oldest WWTP in the city of Madrid (dating back to 1934).
General plant data
- Population served: 1,335,000 inhabitants
- Flow treated per year: 117,000,000 m3/year
- Waste: 4,500 m3/year / Sludge: 50,000 t/year
- Biogas production: 5,300,000 Nm3/year
- Percentage used for cogeneration: 70 % / To electricity self-production: 40 %
- Electricity generated: 8,000,000 kWh/year
Operation and maintenance characteristics
- Operation of the water and sludge treatment system. Adaptation of process parameters, reagent dosing, waste management, etc.
- Process optimisation.
- Maintenance and conservation of all infrastructure and equipment.
- Predictive, preventive, regulatory, metrological and corrective maintenance.
- Execution of improvement works and new treatment sub-processes.
- Computerised infrastructure maintenance management (GIMDEI).
- Analytical process control.
- Management of waste and sludge for their subsequent removal by third parties.