FACSA successfully completes GESTOR, its innovative project to improve the management and efficiency of urban sanitation infrastructure

• The platform has been developed in collaboration with the Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA) and the engineering consultancy ABM Serveis d'Enginyeria i Consulting SL.
• The initiative, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness, is part of the 'Challenges-Collaboration' call

FACSA reaffirms its commitment to developing innovative solutions that contribute to sustainable water management with GESTOR. This groundbreaking project, led by the company, has concluded after successfully achieving its main objective: developing an advanced platform to improve the management and efficiency of urban sanitation infrastructure.

This project – developed in collaboration with the Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA) and the engineering consultancy ABM Serveis d'Enginyeria i Consulting SL – has succeeded in obtaining advanced software capable of detecting potential problems or needs in urban sewage systems in advance, which will help optimize the management of drainage infrastructures and facilitate their adaptation to the challenges posed by climate change.

This is because this innovative solution makes it possible to detect possible spills into the natural environment during rain events, as well as locate infiltrations in the pipe system and estimate the corrosion and useful life of the different sections that make up the system.

The project—co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness—is part of the 'Challenges-Collaboration' call for proposals, which aims to promote technological development, innovation, and high-quality research. This initiative, in turn, is part of the 'State Program for Research, Development and Innovation Oriented to Societal Challenges,' framed within the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 2013-2016.