Fifty engineers tour Algarve's seawater desalination plant ahead of its commissioning

On 17 October, Águas do Algarve took around 50 members of the Faro district branch of the Ordem dos Engenheiros, some travelling from other parts of the country, to see the region's seawater desalination plant. The company's chair, Helena Lucas, and several of its technical staff received them, together with representatives of the consortium building the works. The utility presents desalination as one structural response to water supply security in a territory vulnerable to scarcity. It says the plant forms part of a wider climate adaptation strategy alongside more efficient water use, lower network losses and reuse of water for compatible purposes.