Cáceres allocates €1.17 million to modernise its water treatment plant

Mayor Rafael (Rafa) Mateos of Cáceres announced a €1,173,608 investment to upgrade the Estación de Tratamiento de Agua Potable (ETAP). The plant, built in 1972, supplies drinking water to roughly 100,000 residents in Cáceres and nearby municipalities such as Malpartida de Cáceres and Sierra de Fuentes, drawing water mainly from the Guadiloba reservoir and, when needed, the Almonte transfer.

The municipal works focus on improving staff facilities – new changing rooms, restrooms, offices, workshops, a meeting room and a laboratory – and updating technical areas to boost treatment efficiency. Mateos said the upgrade will allow workers to “perform their duties more easily, comfortably and provide a better service to citizens.”

In parallel, the concessionaire Canal de Isabel II plans to invest over €2 million to build a new 6,000‑cubic‑metre treated‑water reservoir at the plant, increasing storage capacity and reducing the need to pump water to the mountain depot. The ETAP can treat up to 2,500 m³ per hour, handling about 30,000 m³ daily on average and up to 41,000 m³ in summer, amounting to roughly 10 hm³ per year.