Reserva Conchal: Preserving a Vital Resource

Laura Galvin - FEB 28, 2019
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Reserva Conchal: Preserving a Vital Resource.  Continuous Efforts and New Technology are the Tools.  Guanacaste may be the driest region in Costa Rica, but Reserva Conchal works hard to preserve and take care of this precious natural resource. It’s a place where eco-conscious business leaders not only care about water but also help the surrounding communities get more water. The popular residential community, hotels and golf course comprising Reserva Conchal are all provided water sustainably by multiple on-site resources. Reserva Conchal has potable wells for its residents and guests as well as for the public Hospital Metroplitano, fire station, and food bank.

Reserva Conchal invested around $2,500,000 in the first desalination plant in the country. It produces water for irrigation use, or human consumption, through a remineralization process after the desalination of the water. Reserva Conchal is the only resort in the area using this technology, again leading the way with groundbreaking sustainable practice. With the W Hotel now open, a goal for the near future is to be directing much of that water to the stylish new hotel’s drinking water supply. There’s nothing more trendy than being green, so having the W’s water supply come from a desalination plant will soon make the hotel even more chic.

Assurance that the best water practices
are used comes from constant regulation.

 

Water from the wells is an extremely valuable resource, and none of it goes to waste at Reserva Conchal. In fact, all residual water is reused after being treated, and all black water from the Westin, W and the condominiums is processed and cleaned for reuse in irrigation.

There are two treatment plants at Reserva Conchal that handle all of this water to make it good for irrigation, ensuring it is used and reused to maximum potential. Reserva Conchal does continuous operational reports based on the Ministry of Health legal guidelines requested. The AyA (Acueductos y Alcantarillados) certifies Reserva Conchal through its Quality Sanitary Seal, which is a voluntary certification that states that the water meets the national standards for human consumption. Assurance that the best water practices are used comes from constant regulation of use with water meters, revision of tanks and 24/7 supervision to find leaks as soon as they happen.

In 2016 Reserva Conchal donated the Nimboyores aqueduct to AyA, which benefitted communities in the area. This project now supplies water to AyA and the ASADAs (rural water boards) for the local communities that are connected to this aqueduct. In Guanacaste, where some communities don’t have a drop of drinkable water in dry season, this was life changing for many.

World Water Day is a time to remember that safe, clean water is a universal human right. Reserva Conchal’s goal has always been to leave no one in our extended community behind, and to lead by example with ways to manage water in the most efficient, fair ways possible. Water is a precious resource that everyone must work to protect.

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