Minister of Finance, Arcadi Spainrepeated this Wednesday Generalitat’s rejection To the government’s decision to revoke the drought decree, this meant: The price of desalinated water for waterers increases from 0.45 euros to 1.45 euros per cubic meter, This meant a real setback for the Alicante agricultural sector.
“The rise in the price of desalinated water, Generalitat disagrees“, pointed to the head of the Treasury, who reminded that Consell chairman Ximo Puig had already shown and announced his support for the waterers. actions to reverse the situation, As well as the interruption of the Tajo-Segura Transfer, which designed the draft hydrological plan initiated by the Ministry of Ecological Transition.
Faced with this situation, Spain said that the Generalitat’s way of solving this problem “reach agreements“.”Generalitat does not want votes with water, he wants the waterers to have the water they need, and that’s what we do, with a determined and common claim with the waterers, but without looking for any war: water wars never bring water. It is negotiation that brings the water,” said the regional manager and wanted to clarify.
Arcadi Spain made this statement when asked by the press whether the Valencia Institute of Finance (IVF) could take some sort of action to make water more affordable or to help irrigationists with this increase in the price of water. In this context, the minister stated that IVF will “support” the agricultural sector, like other sectors of the Valencian economy, but “The decision on the price of desalinated water is a decision for the Government to make. We hope that Spain and this will be fixed and adapted to the needs of the irrigationists”.
Confrontation
The new conflict between the Alicante irrigators and the central government has been brought to the fore by the Ministry of Ecological Transition. canceled the drought decree, which significantly reduced the price of desalinated water, which made it possible to use it for agriculture, since manufacturers assure that it is impossible to make the crop profitable at the usual cost price. Despite the ministry’s assurance that it was already negotiating with the irrigationists to negotiate a new subsidized price, they vehemently denied it.
Ximo Puig requested a meeting with the State Council to find out the final version of the new Tajo-Segura hydrological plan, after the Generalitat’s approval at the National Water Council to guarantee its maintenance in the future. .