The Community of Madrid and the Canal de Isabel II Foundation present the exhibition "Somos Agua"

The Community of Madrid, through the Canal de Isabel II Foundation, presented the great exhibition on water. "SOMOS AGUA" seeks to highlight the importance of water for life, for our daily lives and to inspire the necessary change to face the greatest challenge of the 21st century: its conservation and sustainable management. The exhibition was presented by Paloma Martín, Regional Minister for the Environment, Housing and Agriculture of the Community of Madrid.

"SOMOS AGUA" is an exhibition designed for all audiences, with the emphasis on families and students of all ages. It is a positive approach, based on the possibilities of innovation and technology to achieve a more sustainable future.

The tour offers visitors a fascinating 360º view of the water environment as never seen before. An amazing look that addresses environmental, cultural and historical aspects, but which above all seeks to surprise and entertain with innovative and impressive audiovisual installations.

The exhibition also includes a section dedicated to the essential work carried out by the public company Canal de Isabel II as manager of the integral water cycle in Madrid.

In addition to the family audience, "SOMOS AGUA" also targets students of all stages. Its content, of general interest, is divided into 12 thematic sections that deal with concepts ranging from the role of rivers in shaping cultural and natural landscapes, the richness of the different ecosystems, the relationship between water and energy or their physical and chemical properties, to more everyday issues for citizens, such as how water is brought to the city, its consumption in homes and industry, or the explanation of the concept of the water footprint, also applied to our daily activities. Some of the most important sections are dedicated to the different solutions for mitigating and adapting to climate change that are being developed in relation to sustainable water management. The sea, with its richness, usefulness and beauty, concludes the natural water cycle through which the visitor's journey will flow.

It is a very visual exhibition, in which the visitor is immersed in a fascinating journey through the meanders of a river, full of powerful images, more than 80 impressive audiovisual productions, sounds of waterfalls and rainfall, and with a great didactic component that will fascinate both adult and child audiences.

 The route passes through large-scale audiovisual installations, some of which are more than 6 metres high, such as the human body that alludes to the water inside us, and more than 30 metres long, such as the crashing of the waves on the seashore where the rivers flow into the sea. The longest led tunnel in Europe immerses visitors in the underwater world, where they will learn about the importance of the seas. There are other great audiovisual highlights such as the pond in which heavy rainfall gives rise to the source of the river that serves as the route and guiding thread of the exhibition, a large aquarium with surprising fauna, or a huge map of Madrid drawn on the floor topped by a large 12-metre projection in which the route from the Plaza de Castilla to the dams and reservoirs that supply water to the region is visualised in the form of a flight.

Thus, visitors of all ages will discover aspects of water that will lead them, in a playful and at the same time highly didactic way, to appreciate its importance for life on Earth.

The exhibition is located in a unique location, a 2,500m2 area in the underground water tank located under the Cuarto Depósito Park in Plaza de Castilla in Madrid. "SOMOS AGUA" is the sixteenth exhibition since this room was fitted out by Canal as a venue for large-scale exhibitions. It can be seen from 17 December 2022 to 30 June 2023.