Antonio Gonzalez He stressed that “there is no precedent for any similar sanction to any municipality in Tenerife” and warned that this fine “would destroy the accounts of the Consistory”, since it represents around 50% of the annual investment item. For Ángeles González, «this action of the Insular Water Council it is a retaliation to the City Council “and supposes” a comparative offense difficult to explain in a rational way. ” In the event that your defense statement is not accepted, the local government warns that it will defend itself “against this outrage” in court.
His appeal, presented last Wednesday, November 10, underlines that the sanctions proposed for the use of the Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP), located on the access road to Los Barqueros Beach, “Have no basis.” In the opinion of the local government, “the sanctions proposal is not supported and is full of inconsistencies and ambiguities,” for which they request its immediate annulment. The mayor has already requested an urgent meeting with the island president, Pedro Martin (PSOE), to address this matter.
On Buenavista del Norte They believe that this sanctioning process against the use of a sewage treatment plant and an absorbent well “that have functioned in the same way for at least 15 years” is related to the open debate regarding the Isla Baja treatment system. “The citizens and municipalities of the region are committed to extensive natural purification, with a decentralized system, compared to the proposal for intensive and regional purification proposed by the Council», They emphasize.
«This is a debate widely participated by the population and the institutions of the region and in which the manager of the island organization, Javier Davara, has maintained an active confrontation with the municipal government. He has participated in multiple meetings in order to discuss various matters related to purification systems in the Baja Island, maintaining an attitude directly contrary to the proposals of this Consistory “, as recalled by the mayor and according to the document that motivates his request for disqualification,” for not complying with the principles of objectivity and impartiality. Since 2017, the plenary session of the Buenavista del Norte City Council has been speaking out against Ciatf’s own proposal by claiming “a decentralized and extensive solution.” There were agreements in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
“There are no precedents for any similar sanction to any municipality in Tenerife”
Good view It first received a proposal for a penalty of 200 euros for the alleged lack of administrative authorization for the treatment plant. “The Ciatf falls into the contradiction of proposing a sanction for the lack of authorization after having warned the City Council, in June 2020, that this authorization was going to expire. If it did not exist, how can it expire? ”Asks the mayor of Buenavistero.
All allegations and documents delivered by the City Council to the Insular Council of Waters of Tenerife “They have been left without an answer.” A situation that took a turn last October 26 when the island body announced a second sanction, “for alleged acts classified as very serious, amounting to 42,359 euros, for damage to the public hydraulic domain due to alleged spills that are not previously identified or studied,” laments the mayor.
The decision to initiate the Ciatf file does not indicate, according to Antonio Gonzalez, «Which are the inland waters affected or what is the damage caused. Nor does it have any technical report that determines the damage associated with that penalty. ”
“This action by the Insular Water Council is a retaliation against the Buenavista City Council”
The installation of the Buenavista del Norte treatment plant was in charge of theto the General Directorate of Waters of the Government of the Canary Islands between 1987 and 1989. And its construction was subsidized by the Ministry of Public Works, which in the opinion of the municipality “evidence that it had the necessary authorizations.”
In your writing, the Buenavista del Norte City Council warns that «it is totally inadmissible that the Ciatf impute to this City Council the discharge that has been carried out in the municipal WWTP when this consistory has been trying for years to implement natural or extensive purification models that would improve the conditions of the discharge, counting, at all times , with the blocking of the Ciatf itself ».
Angeles Gonzalez accuses the Ciatf of “trying to use its force on a local institution, but the will of the people is clear and strong, so we ask for respect.” The mayor sentences that “they try to intimidate the City Council” while “blocking all solutions.” He adds that “they do not allow the Cooperation area to provide the necessary funding to draft extensive purification projects and, at the same time, they demand those projects from us. Your attitude is incoherent».
