1.586 million from government for water treatment: these are 23 jobs planned

projects orlargely aimed at ensuring compliance with Directive 91/271/EEC on sanitation and wastewater treatment.; In addition, actions are being designed to provide water to populations and increase the efficiency of irrigation, thereby allowing aquifers to be recovered.

This is the third amendment to the Direct Management Agreement between the then Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (today the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge) and ACUAES, which was formalized on 30 June 2014. In November 2019, the first amendment was allowed, allowing the inclusion of 21 actions with an investment of 526 million euros; Last year, a new amendment was approved to regulate the investment amount of various actions.

Galindo treatment plant in Bilbao David Escobar Gutierrez

The new modification of the Agreement with ACUAES reflects the commitment of the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Demographic Control (MITECO). adapting hydrological management to a new climatic reality and provides structural responses both in the regulatory sphere and in the expansion of investments.

For Hugo Morán, Minister of State for the Environment, this priority takes on special significance in the context of the current drought, and given the imperative to make smart and sustainable use of all water resources. “This Council of Ministers agreement moves forward with this structural response strategy, because the famine is resolved not by an immediate blow, but by meticulous planning accompanied by effective investment,” he said.

Thanks to the agreed agreement, the ACUAES organization will develop 23 new actions, 14 of which are related to the sanitation and treatment of wastewater, representing an investment of 1.199 million; Among them, due to their interest and investments, Three sewage treatment plants in Madrid (South, China and Butarque) totaling approximately 950 million euros; sanitation and purification city ​​of CaceresImproved primary treatment of .100 million and WWTP Galindo (Bilbao).

To complete the work of ACUAES Orotava Valley in TenerifeThe new Direct Management Agreement includes the expansion and remodeling of the regional treatment plant (€25m).

treatment plant rethema

Projected works in Castilla y León include: avila downstream of Las Cogotas Dam (5 million); Discharges and treatment of wastewater from Arcenillas, Cubillos, Molacillos, Pontejos and Valcabado, Zamora province (5 million); El Payo and Sahugo treatment plants and El Bodón collector (3 million), Salamancaand construction of new sewage treatment plants and connection with collectors in alfoz de Zamora (8 million).

in the province ToledoSanitation and purification works of Villa de Don Fabrique (5 million) are planned. Inside Palma de Mallorca Work will be carried out on the new discharge of the Palma II Wastewater Treatment Plant, in addition to increasing its capacity through the execution of two new treatment lines (60 million) for the plant.

Inside Basque CountryIn addition to the aforementioned Galindo WWTP project, the improvement of treatment facilities at the Loiola treatment plant (18 million) stands out. Also in the Basque Country, but in terms of supply, an alternative pipeline (30 million) to the Bajo del Añarbe Canal will be invested. This supply segment includes actions in Huesca (22 million), Jaca (7 million) and central region of Asturias (200 million).

Jerte will be made to renovate infrastructure to improve the supply of several towns in Cáceres (7 million) and in Granja de San Ildefonso (2 million) to supply water and resources. Segovia.

Also included is Breakdown 9 of the Béznar-Rules dam system, which improves the supply to the Union of Turkish Tropical Coast Municipalities. Grenade and the efficiency of irrigation on 722 hectares of the Bajo Guadalfeo Irrigation Community. Breakdown 3 of the same system complements the efficiency of irrigation in the Costa Tropical region of Granada. Both projects will relieve pressure on aquifers and represent a total investment of 105 million.

Finally, the project of hydraulic adaptation and environmental restoration of the Zadorra River as it passes through Victory (14 million).

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