The new sports facility, which has implied an investment of 2,8 million euros, is provided with six lanes, of 25x12,5 metres and its corresponding changing rooms and uses the Biomass heating system
The Mayor of Calvià, Carlos Delgado, inaugurated, together with the Deputy Mayor for Sports, Manolo Grillé and the Calvian Sport Intitute Manager (ICE), Manuel Onieva, the new Santa Ponça indoor swimming-pool, a first level sports facility which all the neighbours in the municipality will benefit, specially, the ones in Santa Ponça.
The new swimming-pool, located in the Nova Santa Ponça Avenue and carried out by the company Construcciones Ortiz, has implied an investment of 2,8 million euros and is provided with six lanes, of 25 x 12,5 metres and its corresponding changing rooms. The equipment of this new facility is as follows:
The built surface of 1.861 square metres corresponding to the swimming-pool building is located in a 9.091 square metres plot.
Building:
Basement: 230 square metres
Tanks and installation panels
Main Floor: 1.179,44 square metres
swimming-pool premises
storage room
instructors and staff (adapted) toilets
diector´s office
multi purpose room
changing rooms
First Floor: 451,15 square metres
adapted toilets
engine room
terrace
It is to be highlighted that, for the heating of both, swimming-pool and the changing rooms sanitary hot water, the installation of a 130 kw Biomass power boiler has been chosen instead of the installation of a conventional gas or diesel oil boiler also an installation of solar panels.This new type of renewable energy (which uses “pellets”, almond shells, carob or olive stones as biofuel products) is 100% respectful with the environment, as its emissions to the atmosphere are part of the CO2 collected by the biomass original plant and water steam.
On the other hand, this system allows an important economical saving of petroleum derived fuels which in the case of the Santa Ponça swimming-pool can stand at about 40.000 euros yearly.
The Santa Ponça and Peguera swimming-pools, which will be opening soon, are the only municipal facilities in the Balearic Islands using this biomass heating system.
It is to be mentioned that added to the Santa Ponça swimming-pool, two new indoor swimming-pools in Peguera and Son Caliu will be opening soon and together with the ones in Calvià vila, Bendinat and Son Ferrer, will complete the map of indoor swimming-pools in the municipality.
At the sports field, it is to be highlighted that, apart from the Santa Ponça indoor swimming-pool, improvement works at the sport center in Santa Ponça, have just started, consisting of the public square restoration, the Basque ball and the changing rooms, which complete the already carried out improvements in the present legislature, in said facility: the changing of the football pitch and the sports track synthetic surface, as well as the changing of the football pitch spotlights and, soon, the skating rink, located in the same premises, will be covered.