About

Conchita is a Civil Engineer by the Polytechnic University of Madrid (Spain), with speciality in Hydraulics and Energy. To date, she has developed all her professional activity in the world of water. After her time in the private sector, she became a civil servant. As an official she has held various positions in the Center for Hydrographic Studies of CEDEX, involved in several projects in physical modeling at the hydraulics laboratory, then involved in floods risk management and finally coordinating the international activities of the Center. In 2013 she took the position of Deputy Assistant Director in the Sub-Directorate General of Planning and Sustainable Use of Water in the General Directorate of Water of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition, from where she mainly was involved in the promotion and regulation of water reuse, and application of earth observation on water planning. Since October 2019 she took a new position in the Support Unit to the General Director of Water, where she coordinates the international water issues.

Career Type:

Practitioner/Engineers

Organization Type:

Governments and Public Utilities

Expertise Fields/Interests:

Hydraulics and Energy

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