SMAGUA, the leading international water exhibition, held its eighteenth edition last March in Zaragoza, where it upheld its strong position as the leading international exhibition in its field, a position corroborated by the outstanding results obtained at this last event.  The true measure of success of the recent SMAGUA event is substantiated by the considerable growth across all its parameters: a record number of exhibitors and space occupied, as well as a higher turnout of professional visitors. To that we can add the high level of technology and innovation in the initiatives presented by exhibiting companies, which have sparked considerable interest among professionals in the sector and have received excellent reviews from the specialized press.  The commercial nature of the event turned out to be of equal importance, with four days of non-stop activity that, on this occasion, also brought together over a hundred companies and delegations participating in the now traditional commercial missions organized for SMAGUA.  To top it all off, the numerous and well attended technical workshops and product presentations put the finishing touch on what has already been labeled by some media as “the grand water festival” and the forerunner of the upcoming Expo Zaragoza. A new feature introduced for the occasion was the establishment of the SMAGUA Awards for Technological Developments and Applications and the accompanying awards ceremonies.  The seventh Environment Show, held along with SMAGUA, also enjoyed the same intense trade fair activity and was attended by a large number of professionals and technical experts, sharing proposals and knowledge within the framework of the 8th National Water and Environment Conference, which dealt with the most up-to-the-minute current issues on water resources and the environment.

International Water and Irrigation Exhibition

• Collection, Transport and Storage
• Treatment and reuse of water
• Irrigation
• Miscellaneous Equipment
• Engineering, Consulting, Service Companies and Trade Publications
• Instrumentation, Analysis and Automation

In addition to this, during the show several Technical Conferences will take place. They will deal with the most important topics for the water sector:

• Water reuse in domestic and industrial environments
• Innovation and technological transfer in development cooperation with respect to water
• National irrigation plan. Royal Decree on the sustainability of irrigated lands.
• Repercussion on the sector.
• Treatment and sludge
• Resource management. Saving and quality of water.  Impact of droughts
• Petrology advances and conditioning factors in urban water supply management
• Future challenges in desalination