Águas de Portugal (AdP Group) is a
Portuguese state-owned company
A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a government entity which is established or nationalised by the ''national government'' or ''provincial government'' by an executive order or an act of legislation in order to earn profit for the governmen ...
that operates in th
water sector
AdP Group companies provide services throughout all of mainland Portugal and across the fields of
water supply
Water supply is the provision of water by public utilities, commercial organisations, community endeavors or by individuals, usually via a system of pumps and pipes. Public water supply systems are crucial to properly functioning societies. Th ...
and
wastewater
Wastewater is water generated after the use of freshwater, raw water, drinking water or saline water in a variety of deliberate applications or processes. Another definition of wastewater is "Used water from any combination of domestic, industrial ...
sanitation, namely the capture, treatment and distribution of water for public consumption and the collection, transport, treatment and disposal of urban and
industrial wastewater, including their recycling and reuse.
AdP Group also operates in several
Portuguese speaking countries.
See also
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Water supply and sanitation in Portugal
The Water supply and sanitation services in Portugal have seen important advances in access to services, technologies used and service quality over the past decades (1980s–1990s), partially achieved thanks to important funds from the European U ...
External links
Águas de Portugal
Government-owned companies of Portugal
Service companies of Portugal
Water companies
Water in Portugal
Water supply and sanitation in Portugal
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