{{Short description|Spanish water company}} {{More citations needed|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox company | owner = {{ubl|Madrid regional administration (82%)<ref name="eldiario" />|Ayuntamiento de Madrid (10%)<ref name="eldiario" />|Other 113 ayuntamientos (8%)<ref name="eldiario" />}} | net_income = {{Increase}} €154.7 million (2023)<ref name="eldiario" /> }} '''Canal de Isabel II''' ('''CYII''') is the company that manages the bulk of water supplies for the Community of Madrid. It is primarily owned by the regional administration through the so-called Ente Público Canal de Isabel II, with a minor stake owned by local governments.<ref name="eldiario">{{Cite web|url=https://www.eldiario.es/madrid/somos/canal-isabel-ii-sigue-rentable-comunidad-madrid-gano-154-millones-euros-2023_1_11235233.html|website=eldiario.es|title=El Canal de Isabel II sigue siendo muy rentable para la Comunidad de Madrid: ganó 154 millones de euros en 2023|date=22 March 2024}}</ref>
==History== The ''Y'' in the abbreviated form of the company's name is from the old spelling ''Ysabel'' for Queen Isabel II, during whose reign a modern water supply was provided for Madrid. A canal was constructed to provide water from the catchment of the river Lozoya. [[File:Canal de Isabel II. Puente-acueducto de Amaniel (ca. 1856?).JPG|thumb|The construction of the canal as photographed in about 1856 by Charles Clifford]] The water entered the city through its northern suburbs using gravity.
==The Canal in the Community of Madrid== The Community of Madrid has a population of about 6.5 million people. To manage the necessary water resources, the Community operates, via Canal de Isabel II Gestión S.A., 14 dams; 75 underground water intakes; 13 drinking water treatment plants; 29 major and 285 minor regulating reservoirs; 17,163 kilometers of adduction and distribution network; 159 drinking water pumping stations and 125 sewage pumping stations; 11,148 kilometers of sewage network; 63 storm tanks; 751 kilometers of main sewers and outfalls; 156 wastewater treatment plants; and 347 kilometers network of reclaimed water.
==The Canal in Latin America== In the 21st century the Canal expanded its operations to Latin America, where its acquisitions included a Brazilian water company called Emissão.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-04-19 |title=La brasileña Emissao, en el centro de la trama del Canal de Isabel II |url=https://www.elmundo.es/espana/2017/04/19/58f7294be5fdea3f608b45a1.html |access-date=2025-02-11 |website=ELMUNDO |language=es}}</ref><ref name="3cat24">{{Cite news |url=http://www.ccma.cat/324/detingut-lexpresident-de-la-comunitat-de-madrid-ignacio-gonzalez-en-una-operacio-contra-la-corrupcio/noticia/2784071/ |title=Detenen l'expresident de Madrid Ignacio González en una operació anticorrupció |trans-title=Ignacio González arrested in anti-corruption operation in Madrid |date=2017-04-19 |work=CCMA |access-date=2017-04-19 |language=Catalan}}</ref>
== See also == * Santillana reservoir
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== External links == {{Commons category}} * [http://www.canaldeisabelsegunda.es/en/ Official website] {{in lang|en}}
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Category:Public utilities of Spain Category:Companies based in the Community of Madrid Category:Water supply in the Community of Madrid Category:Water supply and sanitation in Madrid Category:Water supply and sanitation in the Community of Madrid Category:Water companies of Spain
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