• Chronicle: In the ECO car and without odors that goes with Chiclana's poop

Paco Rego

is a veteran journalist and an exceptional reporter.

That he can write about an ALS patient with the tenderness of a brother, relate how the Minister of Science recovers his spacesuit - and becomes a

Trendic Topic

- or about the

"second life" of sewage.

Thus: "This story begins in a toilet ...".

And in this way he tells how the excrement of 80,000 Andalusians is converted into (clean) fuel.

It is entitled: "In the ECO car and without odors that walks with Chiclana's poop", published in

Crónica

, the supplement to EL MUNDO's great reports.

And with this text that tells how this transformation occurs, this

Wednesday won the IV Aqualia Journalism Prize.

Rego has commented that the ecological use of sewage to convert it into biomethane

is a "magical, miraculous" fact.

The jury, in words collected by the EFE agency, has highlighted

the quality, focus and information

of this work, based on the work of the aforementioned Andalusian treatment plant, since it "values ​​the second life of water in large cities through of innovation projects ".

The first second prize went to

La Vanguardia's

journalistic team

,

made up of

Raúl Montilla, Mané Espinosa and Martí Paola,

for their work "Barcelona recovers wells to reduce the use of drinking water".

María Espeso, a

journalist for

Diario de Ávila,

has been awarded the second second prize for the report "The cutting-edge technology of the WWTP allows the 'recycling' of water with a 'total guarantee'".

The jury has recognized two Special Mentions.

One, to work "The lack of water purification has already cost Spain 22 million", by the journalist

Manuel Planelles,

for

El País.

The second Special Mention went to the work "La Laguna de la EDAR de Medina del Campo (Valladolid) has attracted one in five species of birds that live in Spain", by journalist

Eva González,

for

Europa Press.

The recognition of Rego adds another award to the long list of prestigious awards that the

Crónica

team has accumulated

throughout its history.

The Aqualia award distributes

6,000 euros;

3,000 to the winner.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

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