The Council of Tenerife the rehabilitation of the three supply water tanks of the orotava. The insular president, Pedro Martín, pointed out yesterday, during the visit to receive the works, that “they have invested €900,000. He adds that “with the reform, these infrastructures will have a capacity for 7,500 cubic meters – the equivalent of three Olympic swimming pools – and will serve a third of the population of the town, some 14,000 people out of a total of 42,000 inhabitants.
This comprehensive rehabilitation has been 80% financed by the island corporation and 20% by the city council remaining. These three deposits are located in Los Cuartos, Camino Polo and the so-called La Planta.
Pedro Martín indicates that it is good news, although he acknowledges that “it is true that the works have taken time to finish, but they have finally finished in this mandate and thus, not only a sufficient supply of water can be guaranteed, but also adequate conditions in its treatment as a mark of the health regulations”.
The second deputy mayor of La Orotava and delegate councilor for Land Management and Planning, Environment and Climate Change, Infrastructures, Public Transport and Security, Narciso Pérez, points out that These infrastructures “were very necessary, vital for our daily development and thanks to this cooperation between the two administrations we have modern warehouses in sanitary security conditions for the supply of the municipality.”
The Councilor for Municipal Cooperation and Housing of the Cabildo, Zebenzuí Chinea, recalls that this intervention “was a priority due to the interest of its relationship with supply water.” He points out that “for the Cabildo it was essential to make this contribution and condition the quality of water in this municipality to current regulations.”
330,000 euros have been invested in the Los Cuartos deposit; in the Polo road, 350,000, and in La Planta, 220,000. The works consisted of replacing the roofs, beams and pillars that supported the three tanks, due to the deterioration in which they were found.
The works included interior waterproofing and the placement of new entrance pipes on the roof. In order not to interrupt the water supply and guarantee the supply, the works were carried out in a concatenated manner; in each tank, first a glass and, once finished and put into operation, the next one.
