SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, June 1 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Cabildo de Tenerife has completed the re-waterproofing work on the Montaña de Taco pond, in Buenavista del Norte, in which 1.7 million euros have been invested.
The acting Island Councilor for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Javier Parrilla, explains in a note that the re-waterproofing work has been completely completed and only a few minor works and auctions are pending to deliver the work.
The island manager explains that a ring technique has been used to allow filling while the works continued, a procedure that “has allowed water to be stored since the beginning of March.”
The El Ravelo pond guarantees daily consumption thanks to the 62,000 cubic meters of capacity that enter daily.
The region of Isla Baja is one of the areas with the largest agricultural area on the island and in the field of bananas, for example, more than 800 hectares are exceeded, which implies that an average of 13 to 14 million cubic meters is required. of water per year.
According to Parrilla, it is “a large amount of water that can never be satisfied with the galleries alone, therefore, the solution involves promoting regenerated water, and we will continue working along these lines.”
The works on the Montaña de Taco raft were divided into three phases. The first contemplated the acquisition of the sheets; the second, the waterproofing of the first seven meters of height of the reservoir, with the aim of allowing the filling up to that level and the third, the waterproofing of the remaining six meters up to the crown of the basin.
This represents the fifth action related to the maintenance of the pools in Tenerife, after the one in Valle Molina, in Tegueste; The Saltadero, in Granadilla; Llanos de Mesa, in San Juan de la Rambla, and Benijos, in La Orotava, currently underway.
The Taco Mountain pond was the first to be built as part of the works programmed in the Plan de Balsas del Norte de Tenerife, between April 1983 and October 1985, with a capacity of 821,739 cubic meters and a height of 13.70 meters of water. , is the largest irrigation water deposit on the island.
