Annual Report 2010 - AdP

Main Events
• AdRA - Águas da Região de Aveiro, S.A. launched its
activities as the management company of the public
partnership between the Portuguese State and the set of
municipalities made up of Águeda, Albergaria-a-Velha, Aveiro,
Estarreja, Ílhavo, Murtosa, Oliveira do Bairro, Sever do Vouga
and Vagos, following its founding in July 2009. In December
2010, the municipality of Ovar joined up to the partnership.
•AgdA - Águas Públicas do Alentejo, S.A. launched its activities as
the management company of the public partnership between
the Portuguese State and the set of municipalities made up of
Alcácer do Sal, Aljustrel, Almodôvar, Alvito, Arraiolos, Barrancos,
Beja, Castro Verde, Cuba, Ferreira do Alentejo, Grândola,
Mértola, Montemor-o-Novo, Moura, Odemira, Ourique,
Santiago do Cacém, Serpa, Vendas Novas, Viana do Alentejo and
Vidigueira, following its founding in August 2009.
• The concession contract was signed between Simdouro, S.A.
and the Ministry of Environment and Territorial Planning,
attributing the former company the management and
operation of the Grande Porto Multi-municipal Sanitation
System. Simdouro, a company in which AdP SGPS holds a
51% stake, was established under Decree Law no. 312/2009,
of 27 October.
• The Noroeste Multi-municipal Water Supply and Sanitation
System was established through the merger of the three
previous multi-municipal water supply and sanitation systems
existing in the region, with the establishment of the
management company Águas do Noroeste, S.A., in which
AdP SGPS holds a 51% stake, pursuant to Decree Law no.
41/2010, of 29 April.
• Studies were undertaken with the objective of founding two
partnerships between the Portuguese State and
municipalities for the management of water services, one
with the Noroeste municipalities and another with the
Mondego and Lis municipalities.
• Studies were also carried out on the potential for merging
the multi-municipal water supply and sanitation systems run
by the Águas do Mondego and Simlis companies.
• In the field of waste, following the merger of the companies
Valorsul and Resioeste, Valorsul - Valorização e Tratamento
de Resíduos Sólidos das Regiões de Lisboa e do Oeste, S.A.
was founded for the respective multi-municipal system,
through Decree Law no. 68/2010, of 15 June.
• The expansion of Valnor to municipalities in the geographic
zone of Beira Interior and Raia Pinhal was completed by
Order no. 16510/2010, of 29 October.
• Authorisation was granted by the Ministry of Environment and
Territorial Planning and by the Ministry of State and Finance to
extend the Ersuc concession period through to 2030.
• Studies on the setting up of a municipal solid waste (MSW)
treatment system in partnership with the S. Miguel island
municipalities in the Azores were submitted for the approval
of the authorities in May.
• Studies designed to prepare the way for redefining the legal
and statutory regime of EPAL proceeded with the objective
of opening up the feasibility of managing the various activities
making up the urban water cycle in Greater Lisbon and
adjoining geographic areas.
• The Strategic Plan for Multi-municipal Water Supply and
Wastewater Sanitation System Operational and Maintenance
Services was implemented - PESOMAS 2006-2015.
• The project “PASt21 - National Water and Wastewater
Treatment Plant Performance Evaluation Initiative”, first
launched in 2009, was subject to development and with
conclusion due in mid-2011, which seeks to test, at the national
level, the recently developed National Laboratory of Civil
Engineering systems installed for evaluating the performance of
water treatment and urban wastewater treatment plants.
• AdP joined up to the AWARE - Advanced Water Asset
Rehabilitation project, financed by the European Economic
Area (EEA) Financial Mechanism, by ERSAR (Portuguese
Water and Waste Regulatory Entity) and by four end-users,
including AdP.
• In the waste sector, a set of incentive actions were set out to
prevent the production of waste, within the framework of
contributing towards achieving the national target of
reducing the amount of urban waste by 10% by 2016.
• New automatic material recovery centres went operational
in Algar, Suldouro, Valorsul (formerly Resioeste) and Amarsul.
• In 2010, applications to POVT (Operational Program for
Territorial Improvement) were submitted and approved for
completion of the second phase / removal, transport and
deposit of contaminated soils in landfills. With the conclusion
of detailed studies and risk evaluation, 2011 should see the
presentation of applications relating to the implementation
of the planned remedial measures.
• Taking into account the development of various means of
capturing endogenous energy resources by the AdP Group, in
accordance with authorisation granted by a joint order from
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