Project
Reversible installation of water pumping and turbining at Bolueta
- Client:
- Bilbao Bizkaia Water Consortium
- Date:
- 2013-2014 |2015-2017
- Location:
- Bizkaia, Spain
- Services:
- Engineering Design
- Site supervision
- Key disciplines:
- Water and Environment
- Mechanical and Electrical
- Water Supply
- Renewal and Upgrade
- BIM Modelling
The project consisted of building the masonry and installing the equipment needed for water catchment from the River Nervión in Bolueta, and pumping it to the Venta Alta DWTP to supply drinking water to the metropolitan area of Bilbao in times of drought. In the same location, a turbine was installed to generate power from the surplus flows, in times of heavy rain, from the Undurraga reservoir to Venta Alta. Pumping capacity was 2.00 m3/s at a height of 160 m and the turbine flow is 4.5 m3/s.