More than 50 sensors and an AI system allow predicting failures in the Moaña sewage network
Today inaugurates a project that increases the capacity of the treatment plant by around 25%
12 jun 2026 . Updated at 05:00 h.
The Moaña City Council inaugurates today an innovative project that transforms municipal sanitation management through artificial intelligence, advanced digitalization and new biological treatment systems at the wastewater treatment plant. The action, developed within the framework of the European Life Reseau project, was born to respond to the increase in episodes of intense rainfall, pressure on sanitation networks and the need to optimize resources.
Moaña has transformed its sanitation network by installing more than 50 sensors, monitoring tools and digital systems capable of analyzing the behavior of the service in real time. The combination of a customized computer model, a true "digital twin", with data analysis and artificial intelligence makes it possible to anticipate problems, reduce the environmental impacts of overflows and improve the response to increasingly frequent and intense weather phenomena.
The second major innovation of the Life Reseau project is the implementation at the treatment plant of aerobic granular biomass technology, a state-of-the-art system that integrates the removal of organic matter and nutrients in a single reactor. This advance will reduce the surface area required for treatment by up to 75%, achieve energy savings of around 30% and increase the plant's capacity by around 25%.
The City Council has invited to the inauguration of the project institutional representatives, technical staff, social and environmental groups, shellfish guilds, researchers from the universities of Vigo and Santiago, as well as members of the ITG Technological Center. "Moaña is demonstrating that innovation is not the exclusive preserve of large cities. From a coastal council like ours we are capable of promoting pioneering projects in Europe that improve the quality of life of the neighborhood and protect our natural environment," assures the mayor, Leticia Santos.
