Sallent is a historic industrial town in the Bages region, situated in the middle valley of the Llobregat River at its confluence with the Riera Gavarresa and the Torrent de Soldevila, flanked by the Serra de les Conques and the Cogulló summit (474 metres), bordering Balsareny, Gaià, Avinyó, Artés, Sant Fruitós de Bages, and Navarcles. Historically partitioned by the course of the Llobregat, its ancient core (Nucli Antic and Sagrera) develops around Carrer de la Creu, Carrer Nou, Carrer de Sant Víctor, Carrer del Pont, Plaça del Pou, Plaça de la Vila, the church of Santa Maria de Sallent, and the birthplace of Saint Anthony Mary Claret, overlooked by the medieval Castell de Sallent and its rare circular Romanesque church of Sant Sebastià del Castell (11th century). The town preserves a profound industrial legacy shaped by the river-powered textile mills along the Sallent waterfall (such as Fàbrica del Salt, Fàbrica Nova, and Cal Torres) and the potassic mining basin (with the historic Mina Enrique and the Cogulló tailings, where historic ground subsidence in Barri de l'Estació has exerted severe mechanical stresses on buried sewage and potable water infrastructure). When concealed water loss strikes in Sallent, our on-call technicians apply non-invasive engineering methods: high-precision acoustic correlation with frequency instruments techniques, molecular technical leak testing instruments.
Properties face heavy limescale precipitation from 32-38 ºfH hard water across domestic heating networks, compounded by a continental climate with dense freezing fogs and frost down to -6 ºC. Our 24/7 emergency response van arrives within 15 to 20 minutes via C-16. To eliminate severe sewage and downpipe blockages, we rely on descaling rotary nozzles calibrated at 200 bar paired with high-torque tempered steel spring snakes, while in certified domestic power networks our teams integrate Type A high-selectivity safety switches (30 mA) complying with REBT wiring regulations.