Distribution network for reuse of flows and wastewater from the Tajo-Segura transfer. These are emergency actions, all corresponding to the province of Alicante, and are included in the document on priority water infrastructure in the Valencian Community, presented this afternoon by Community Business to Generalitat president Carlos Mazón. Confederation (CEV) and Asaja. These are works worth 421 million euros, part of the $2 billion 264 million global investment requested for the entire autonomous region. While Consell’s president assured that he will do his part in these investments, he also He demanded that the central government take action to prevent “the desert from entering Europe through the Valencian Community”.
The document was handed over to Mazón during a meeting at the Palau de la Generalitat. CEV president Salvador Navarro was also present; Cristóbal Aguado, president of AVA-Asaja; and José Vicente Andreu in the Alicante province of the same organization.
The report includes, divided into sections, 235 water actions that are considered priorities for the Valencian Community. For this reason, The main part of the 2.264 million for which different actions are budgeted is irrigation with 1.171 million.. Subsequently, 317 million were claimed for urban supply, 288 for sanitation and treatment, 263 for reuse, 103 for desalination, 48 for regulation, 29 for provision, 20 for defense against floods and 24 million for other infrastructure.
Of this amount, 894 million will have to be borne by the Generalitat and 1,186 million by the State., 587.25 directly and 420 by Aquamed, 91.77 by Mancomunidad de Canales del Taibilla, 86.59 by the Association of State Trade Agricultural Infrastructures and 0.38 by State Ports. Likewise, local governments need to invest 151 million and users need to invest 11.90 million.
From the action set, The study highlights €421.5 million worth of works considered urgent due to disruptions in the Tajo-Segura transmission and overexploitation of groundwater resources. And for Alicante irrigation companies, one of the main priorities after the new agreement guaranteeing the Júcar-Vinalopó transfer for ten years is approved will be the implementation of the infrastructure that should allow the distribution of water. Thus, $115 million was requested from the Generalitat to complete the transfer transmission works; In this case, it is also added by the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Demographic Problems; 90 million for water fireman photovoltaic installations and 43 million for photovoltaic water installations. Repairing leaks in the San Diego reservoir. In this area, it is also requested to change the operating rules regarding the transfer and to grant the relevant authorities.
The transfer agreement, as previously mentioned, stipulates that shipments will be carried out over the next ten years. 278 hectometers of water from Azud de la Marquesa It will be shipped from Cullera to the San Diego reservoir at a price of 0.24 cents and is expected to benefit 20,000 irrigators.
Within the scope of emergency actions, Discharge Plan 0 for the use of wastewater is also included. 80 million responsible from the Generalitat for the adaptation of treatment plantsincluding the Alicante neighborhood of San Gabriel and another 80 from the Ministry for interconnections, warehouses and other facilities. Likewise, a section has also been added. Changing groundwater extractions in Vinalopó and l’Alacantí6.5 million for photovoltaic water pumping plants and 6.7 million for the regulation tank at the Mutxamel desalination plant. Both actions must be taken by the Ministry.
Carlos Mazón welcomed the demands of CEV and Asaja and ensured that the Generalitat “undertaken” its corresponding part of the investments. In any case, he also had a message for the central government, which he requested. A serious program and meticulous commitment are required to carry out these works..
Source: Informacion
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