Consortium

MagNa, a shared challenge among

Cetaqua-Water Technology Centre

Description: Cetaqua is a network of technology centres based on a model of public-private collaboration that was created to ensure the sustainability and efficiency of the water cycle while taking regional needs into account.

Role in the project: Cetaqua plays a key role in MagNa, ensuring project coordination, technical execution, and impact assessment. From the technological perspective, Cetaqua leads the design, construction and implementation plan of the sodium and magnesium recovery units. Moreover, Cetaqua also develops the full-scale implementation plan for AIT’s desalination facility in Tarragona, supporting industrial deployment. Cetaqua also leads the activities on impact assessment. Finally, Cetaqua leads the communication activities.

AITASA-Aguas Industriales de Tarragona

Description: AITASA is a joint-stock company whose majority shareholders are chemical companies within the Tarragona industrial complex. AITASA’s primary objective is to ensure the supply of industrial water to chemical industries in the

Tarragona region through its proprietary distribution network.

Role in the project:  AITASA is the industrial implementation partner, ensuring that MagNa’s solution is aligned with operational needs and industry standards. Thus, AITASA leads the go-to-market strategy and the ensurement of the valorisation of recovered raw materials and their integration into industrial supply chains. It also leads the development of the desalination unit and supports the installation of the pilot plant.

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Description: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) is the largest technology university in Spain, and one of the leading polytechnical institutions in Europe. It is a public institution dedicated to higher education and research, specialised in the fields of engineering, architecture and science.

Role in the project: Within MagNa, UPC serves as the academic and R&D pillar of MagNa, ensuring scientific excellence and technological innovation. With strong expertise in membrane processes, chemical engineering, and material recovery, UPC plays a crucial role in the development and validation of the magnesium unit, and is responsible for characterising the recovered sodium and magnesium. In addition, it is in charge of integrating MagNa’s innovations into academic curricula and professional training programs to foster the next generation of experts in desalination, brine mining, and circular economy practices.

Veolia, Engineering & Consulting

Description: Veolia stands as a global leader in water technologies, renowned for its comprehensive expertise in desalination and sustainable water management solutions. Veolia, Engineering & Consulting is the consulting engineering and strategic and operational assistance division of the Veolia Group, active in over 75 countries on all 5 continents.

Role in the project: Veolia, Engineering & Consulting participates in the go-to-market strategy, leading market assessments and product analysis for the resource recovery treatment train. It is also involved  in the development of a comprehensive business model and commercialisation plan, and will help define an exploitation strategy to ensure scalability, modularity, and successful market deployment across different sectors and geographies