The president of the CHE will participate in AGUA 2026 in Madrid, the EXPANSIÓN meeting on water resilience

The president of the Confederación Hidrográfica del Ebro (CHE), Carlos Arrazola Martínez, will participate tomorrow, Thursday, July 2, 2026, in Madrid in the meeting “AGUA 2026: Water resilience for the new economy“, organized by EXPANSIÓN to analyze the role of water as a strategic resource in a context of climate change, digital transformation and new economic demands.

Arrazola will take part in the panel “Climate and water security: from drought to resilience“, focused on the impact of climate change on water availability by basins and sectors, the need to move from temporary drought management towards structural water resilience approaches, and coordination between administrations in medium and long-term hydrological planning.

The session will bring together heads of several hydrographic confederations and will center the debate around an essential balance: guaranteeing supply, addressing economic uses and preserving environmental protection. According to the meeting program, the participation of Antonio Yáñez Cidad, president of the Confederación Hidrográfica del Tajo; Samuel Moraleda Ludeña, president of the Confederación Hidrográfica del Guadiana; and Gloria María Martín Valcárcel, president of the Confederación Hidrográfica del Guadalquivir is also expected. The session will be moderated by Pedro Biurrun, from EXPANSIÓN.

The meeting, which will be held at Zénit The Venue, will feature an institutional opening by María Dolores Pascual Vallés, Director General for Water of the Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico. The program will also address issues such as reuse, desalination, network digitalization, loss reduction, the use of data in water management, investment needs and the economic sustainability of the system.

The participation of the CHE in this forum is part of its Centenary year, an anniversary that is serving to promote the history of a pioneering model of water management by basins and to open conversations about the current challenges of hydrological planning. In this context, water resilience connects directly with one of the central ideas of the Confederation: understanding, planning and managing water from the natural scale of the basin, with institutional cooperation and a long-term vision.