SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, March 21. (EUROPE PRESS) –
The island of Tenerife will have 12 treatment plants completed and in operation by 2024, of which “currently five are already working, another five in the process of construction and two in project, compared to the only four that existed in 2019”, has pointed out the councilor of the Cabildo for Sustainable Development and Fight Against Climate Change, Javier Rodríguez Medina, at a press conference this Monday on the occasion of the celebration of ‘World Water Day’ this Tuesday.
“In this way, the Insular Water Council would have the capacity to treat 100% of the wastewater generated on the island, depending on the implementation of both urban and industrial purification and regeneration systems proposed since 2019,” said the adviser.
Along these lines, he indicated that the Government team “has understood, from the first moment, that it was not possible to continue living with this unfavorable situation of discharges along the coast of the island”, and for this reason “it has bet decided by the regeneration to transform that residual water by regenerated water that can be used, for example in the primary sector”.
Rodríguez also pointed out that “these are not political promises” and added that “the investment that has been proposed for this island is around 250 million euros, very high figures.”
This economic outlay will resolve the circumstance that “the island’s treatment capacity in 2019 did not exceed 25 cubic hectometres per year, which represented 40% of the residual water, while the forecast for 2024 will exceed 63 cubic hectometres. annually,” said the counselor.
The manager of the Insular Water Council, Javier Davara, pointed out that “the island’s purification capacity will increase by 150% in five years, and a large amount of reclaimed water will be produced that will cover the deficit in the coming years due to the decrease in the production of the galleries”.
Among these systems, the extensions of the Urban Wastewater Treatment and Regeneration Stations (EDRARU) of the Northeast, Valle de Güímar and Adeje-Arona and the industrial ones of La Campana and Valle de Güímar have already been completed, works that have involved a higher investment at 66 million euros.
In the process of construction are the EDRARU of Santa Cruz, Arona-Este San Miguel, Granadilla and the EDRARU and collectors of the West, in addition to the Granadilla industrial estate, which will be able to treat more than 110,000 cubic meters of wastewater per day, one once they are operational.
In addition, the project includes the EDRARU and collectors of the Valle de La Orotava and the collectors and the EDARU of Acentejo, projects that will exceed 60 million euros
On the other hand, the Insular Water Council will include from tomorrow on its website 20 audiovisual pieces on the history of water management on the island, from a historical and technical point of view.
