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The Government indicated today that former mayor and official Macário Correia will lead the company Aqua SA, which will manage and execute the projects of the 'Water that Unites' strategy, the Prime Minister announced.
The measure will primarily cover the Algarve and Alentejo regions.
The Portuguese government has appointed former mayor and official Macário Correia to head Aqua SA, the company responsible for managing and executing the 'Water that Unites' strategy. Prime Minister Luís Montenegro announced the appointment following a Council of Ministers meeting in Beja. The government also approved a 12-month extension for credit moratoriums for companies and families affected by recent storms, alongside €80 million in support for the agricultural sector to address infrastructure damage and rising costs of energy and fertilisers.
The creation of the company to manage projects in this sector had already been announced at the beginning of October by the Minister of Environment and Energy.
More than a hundred people participated today in a human chain and a fishermen's sea march at Rocha Baixinha beach, in Albufeira, against the installation of the desalination plant in this Algarve municipality.
More than one hundred people participated in a human chain and a fishermen's march by sea at Rocha Baixinha beach.
Likewise, Graça Carvalho confirmed that construction work on the Pisão dam is already “underway”
Construction work is scheduled to start next week. The mayor, fishermen, and environmentalists are protesting.
The construction of the desalination plant in the Algarve region is scheduled to start next week.
Home News Socialists defend construction of Algarve desalination plant Socialists defend construction of Algarve desalination plant Socialist MP Luís Graça defended the immediate construction of the desalination plant planned for the Algarve, in Albufeira, at the location chosen for environmental
The 11th hour intervention last weekend of Albufeira’s mayor Rui Cristina against multimillion euro plans to construct a desalination plant behind Praia da Falésia, has opened a Pandora’s Box of The post Fishermen announce boat ‘protest’ against Albufeira desalination plant appeared first on Portugal Resident.
An MP for the Socialist Party (PS) is urging the government to immediately start the construction of the planned desalination plant in Albufeira, arguing that the project must move ahead The post PS MP defends immediate construction of Algarve desalination plant appeared first on Portugal Resident.
The Algarve is set to become home to what is being described as “Europe’s largest water reuse treatment plant”, according to the regional branch of the ruling Social Democratic Party The post “Europe’s largest water reuse plant” takes shape in Algarve appeared first on Portugal Resident.
We have a desertified and impoverished interior that provides a precious resource every day and night to the populous and wealthier coast. Water points the way. It is urgent to go up to the sources of the problem. Opinion by Jorge Gouveia Monteiro
Construction work on the desalination plant could begin early in the week, says Graça Carvalho, who wants to understand the objections raised by the mayor of Albufeira.
The beaches were destroyed by the storms last winter.
Albufeira mayor Rui Cristina has delighted hundreds of local residents – not to mention concerned experts whose opinions have been railroaded – by coming out “frontally” against the project for The post Albufeira mayor takes 11th hour stand against desalination plant appeared first on Portugal Resident.
Three municipalities in the Guarda district have signed a protocol to rehabilitate riverbanks, restore ecosystems, and create riverside paths. Coimbra and Lisbon depend on these waters.
Thanks to the reservoir that collects water from the springs, Quinta de Santa Teresa is able to be water self-sufficient. The stored water supplies the winery and occasional irrigation for the vineyard.
Maria da Graça Carvalho advocates for a co-management model that includes “permanent surveillance of the rivers,” similar to the river guards of the past, but now staffed by technicians with greater technical capacity.
According to Maria da Graça Carvalho, this co-management must have “technicians very dedicated to monitoring and taking care of the river”
Porto City Council announced this Monday that the city is among the most populous municipalities in the country that wasted the least water in 2025, having reduced water losses by 0.5 percentage points to 11.8%. Águas e Energia do Porto (AEdP) achieved a Non-Revenue Water index at the end of 2025...
The Mondego is a living, anthropic landscape, not a void waiting for more heavy engineering. Girabolhos is not an environmentally neutral, culturally innocuous, or climatically innocent project. Opinion by A. Nuno Martins.
GEOTA, LPN, ZERO, and ClimaAção Centro contest the legality of the project on the Mondego River and demand an Environmental Impact Assessment. The Minister admitted that it does not resolve the flooding.
João Joanaz de Melo also states that the Girabolhos dam is “illegal” because it lacks an updated environmental impact assessment.
The Azores Drought and Scarcity Management Plan aims to prepare the region to face situations of water scarcity.
The regional secretary for Environment and Climate Action highlighted that there are many potential negative impacts of climate change that must be taken into account in the Azores, such as coastal erosion.
EPAL has launched its official TikTok channel, becoming the first environmental management entity in Portugal to join the platform. With this initiative, the company aims to connect with younger generations through creative digital content focused on water literacy and sustainability. This move is part of its broader ambition.
The movement for the Tagus river appeals to the European Ombudsman following the dismissal of the complaint regarding water flow management by Portugal and Spain. It states that the decision lacks scientific justification.
“Water that Unites” was never, and is not, a statement of intent, but an execution plan. The facts (and, for that matter, the numbers) do not lie. Opinion piece by Maria da Graça Carvalho.
