The agricultural sector of the northeast of Tenerife It will soon have the first reclaimed water pool that will allow subscribers to reduce the cost of irrigation water by five cents per cubic metre, improving quality levels. This was stated by the island councilor for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Javier Parrilla, after his meeting with the mayor of TeguesteAna Rosa Mena, to analyze the reconversion works of the Valle Molina agricultural water reservoir into a reclaimed water reservoir.
Parrilla recalled that this action “will help to maintain a more balanced level of storage in the region and will make it possible to improve the productivity of crops in the area and the introduction of new ones.”
The councilor also emphasized that it will be the first reclaimed water pool in the north of the island and that this action will benefit a total of 2,925 subscribers throughout the region. “Currently, only about 51 subscribers benefit from reclaimed water, but with this intervention 2,874 more subscribers to the water network of the Valle Molina reservoir will benefit,” he stressed.
At the same time, he explained that with the incorporation of this regenerated water, a water product of 1,000 µs/cm of conductivity will be obtained, “which will mean an increase in its quality, since it is currently at 1,200 µs/cm”.
Tegueste, an agricultural municipality
For her part, Ana Rosa Mena declared that “for an agricultural municipality such as Tegueste, it is essential to guarantee irrigation to all farmers.” For this reason, “we trust that, through collaboration with the Cabildo, we will continue to take steps in this direction, looking for formulas such as reclaimed water for irrigation”.
On the other hand, other issues were also addressed during the meeting, such as the connection of the Valle Molina reservoir with the reservoir of the Las Peñuelas irrigation network. In this regard, the counselor explained that the possible definitive layout has already been sent to the City Council, in order to obtain the municipal report that would allow the drafting of the execution project “of this vital conduction for the agricultural sector of the municipality”, Javier Parrilla valued.
Likewise, the island councilor and the mayor of Tegueste agreed to work together on the possible transfer of the management of the Las Peñuelas irrigation network to the public company Balsas de Tenerife (Balten) with the aim of improving the service currently provided.
