Fluidra builds two water treatment plants in Portugal’s first eco-campsite

A fully green project. This is how Fluidra, a Spain-based company specialising in the
development of applications for the sustainable use of water, sees the building of a
drinking water treatment plant (DWTP) and a wastewater treatment and recycling plant
in the Zmar Eco Camping Resort, Portugal’s first ever eco-campsite.
The project is estimated at one million euros. The DWTP processes water through a
combination of pre-oxidation, coagulation/flocculation, decantation, sand filtering and
disinfection treatment, with a total net capacity of 32 cubic meters per hour.
The new wastewater treatment plant is designed to provide the campsite with an
efficient system of treating wastewater produced by the resort. The plant will process a
volume of water equivalent to that generated by a town of 4,370 people, with the
resulting water meeting the requirements of current legislation.
The recycled water will be used for a number of purposes, including watering of
common spaces, thus reducing the use of public mains water or water from other
sources, which can be kept for more important uses. Another benefit of the WTP is
that it reduces levels of bacteria in water. The resulting water is cleaner, and the
pollution risk to flora and fauna is reduced.
Zmar Eco Camping, a five-star holiday resort, is located on the south-eastern coast of
Portugal in the Natural Park of Alentejano e Costa Vicentina, near Zambujeira do Mar,
and occupies a surface area of 81 hectares. The Zmar is a prime example of an
environmentally-friendly project. It was designed to blend in with the surrounding
natural environment and preserve natural resources, using, wherever possible,
renewable materials such as stone or wood.