Modernisation and digitisation of irrigation through technology

Given the strategic importance of water and the need to face the adverse effects of climate change, the Government of Spain presents the Strategic Project for Economic Recovery and Transformation (PERTE) for the Digitalisation of the Water Cycle, which aims to achieve a complete modernisation of the water cycle in order to achieve more sustainable management.

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Who is it aimed at?

The estimated high demand for water in Spain and the main uses of this resource, such as irrigation, agricultural uses, urban supply and industrial use, is a reality.

In this third monograph we want to raise awareness of the importance of this precious resource and its use in our country, and to highlight the Strategic Project for Economic Recovery and Transformation (Proyecto Estratégico para la Recuperación y la Transformación Económica (PERTE) for the Digitalisation of the Water Cycle, promoted by the Spanish Government, as a measure to improve water management.

Aim of the monograph

In a context of climate change, water scarcity and concern for sustainability, technology and innovation become essential tools to solve the challenges faced by organisations.

With our third monograph we want to know the current situation of the sector, the vision of different agents and contribute to promote digitalisation and the benefits it brings.

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Óscar Ruiz, CEO of Elliot Cloud

Technology is a powerful tool at our disposal that we must use to make water use more efficient? read+

The faces of the water

In this edition, we will present the point of view of experts in the water sector and treatment through irrigation, as well as members of the governmental project for the digitalisation of the water cycle in irrigation.

"The solution contributes to the modernisation of water management not only by pursuing the modernisation of the water administration, but also of the different sectors, urban, irrigation and industrial," he said. read+

Rubén Barriuso, Elliot EMI

"The modernisation of irrigation systems, a decisive commitment to guaranteeing agricultural activity and food sovereignty" read+

Eva Hita, Government of La Rioja

"During the more than 8 years that Hidroconta has been immersed in this subject, we have accumulated several irrigation digitalisation projects in different parts of the world". read+

Alfonso Corbalán, Hidroconta

"The existence of an intermediate entity between the technology and the end user, the farmer, is key, allowing the necessary transfer of knowledge to take place more quickly," he said. read+

José Mª González, AERYD

"Now more than ever we need a State Pact for Water, as one of the structural measures necessary to fight drought". read+

Andrés del Campo, FENANCORE

"Digital technologies make it possible to optimise water and energy use through real-time monitoring and more precise control of irrigation, treatment and distribution systems," he said. read+

Rafael Prieto, H2 Solar Energy

"Specialised companies in collaboration with the administrations are the tandem to manage water supply and sanitation" read+

Patricia Terrero, Sacyr Water

"The PERTE for the digitisation of irrigation represents an important boost to the digitisation of irrigation water user communities" read+

Teresa Maestro, Directorate General for Water

"At the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food we work with the conviction that modern irrigation contributes to a better future". read+

Isabel Bombal, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food