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deAn average of 1.6 million liters of mineral spring water per day is extracted by the Albena Resort, announced its management on March 22 – the World Water Day. The resort satisfies 85% of its water consumption through its own sources. Research shows that the water quality in Albena is the same as that in internationally recognized SPA centers such as Baden-Baden (Germany) and Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic). It is rich in special minerals such as silicon, sulfur, selenium, radium, iron, magnesium, calcium and bicarbonate. Its healing characteristic have been known since the Roman times.
Apart from the internal water supply network, the numerous outdoor and indoor pools and the huge water park, the mineral water is also used for special balneotherapy programs in the country's largest Medical Center and Rehabilitation Hospital - Medica Albena. Specialists incorporate the healing gift of the nature to treat diseases of the peripheral nervous system, central nervous system, musculoskeletal system, as well as in the form of drinking balneotherapy and balneoprophylaxis in gastrointestinal, biliary-hepatic and renal-urological diseases. Various procedures are included - underwater massage with tangentor; hydro massage baths with herbs, seaweed, lye and essential oils; four and two-chamber galvanic baths; water gymnastics. Beneficial effect is also observed in lowering blood pressure and supporting the heart, regenerating and strengthening the immune and cardiovascular systems, improving metabolism, as well as eliminating functional disorders and inflammatory processes.
The power of water is also utilized in the implementation of the corporate policy related to environmental protection and offering a sustainable tourism product. Therefore, the resort uses it as an energy source to generate heat in a local power plant. In the future, the management of Albena plans to build several points within the complex, from where access to the life-giving fluid will be completely free.
