Sando Water

Sando Agua is Sando’s technology company specializing in the development of comprehensive solutions related to the water cycle. From design and construction to maintenance, upkeep, and operation of water infrastructure, the company drives projects aimed at optimizing the management of this essential resource, drawing on innovation, technical expertise, and solid experience in the sector.

The company operates across all phases of the water cycle—collection, treatment, distribution, sanitation, wastewater treatment, reuse, and discharge—while also incorporating solutions focused on decarbonization, waste management, and waste recovery, in line with the principles of the circular economy.

In this field, Sando Agua offers a comprehensive value proposition that combines engineering, technology, construction, and efficient management. Through its hydraulic engineering division, the company designs infrastructure, ensuring robust, efficient solutions tailored to the specific needs of each project. As specialists in water treatment, the company possesses advanced technological capabilities to handle desalination and water purification processes, as well as wastewater treatment and reuse.

Notable among its projects are the construction of water infrastructure such as drinking water treatment plants (DWTPs), seawater desalination facilities and plants (IDAM/EDAM), water distribution and sewer systems, wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), and wastewater reclamation plants (WWRP).

The company also brings extensive expertise in electrical engineering, instrumentation, and control, designing electrical networks and systems that enable the monitoring and optimization of infrastructure. This expertise is complemented by its experience in automation and process control, allowing it to manage the entire lifecycle of facilities—from design through operation and maintenance—ensuring operational efficiency.

Sando Agua also integrates the Smartwater Cycle into water infrastructure management, utilizing advanced information and communication technologies, IoT devices, and sensors to collect real-time data on water quality and quantity. This information enables the optimization of water resource management, minimizes distribution losses, and helps prevent contamination risks.

In the field of project and contract management, Sando Agua ensures a comprehensive approach that optimizes both technical operations and administrative management, helping to maximize infrastructure performance and service quality.

Innovation and technological development are a strategic focus of its operations. The company conducts research projects aimed at improving the quality, safety, and efficiency of its operations, as well as promoting sustainability through the efficient use of resources and the energy recovery from waste. In this context, it applies advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, digital twins, and advanced data modeling.

Among these initiatives, projects such as ENBIO stand out; this project focuses on assessing the potential of biogas generated through the anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge for the production of biomethane. Another notable project is DEAR, which is aimed at developing desalination solutions using electrodialysis to optimize the quality of reclaimed water and the utilization of the compounds present in it. These lines of research reinforce Sando Agua’s role in the circular economy, energy recovery, and the development of solutions related to renewable hydrogen.

In addition, the company offers strategic and technical consulting services, including project reviews, solution validation, feasibility analysis, and optimization of initiatives tailored to each client’s specific needs.

Sando Agua thus puts its expertise, technological capabilities, and experience at the service of public agencies and private clients, contributing to more efficient, sustainable, and innovative water resource management.