The Tenerife Island Council and the Arona City Council are coordinating actions to improve water resources in the southern region. The improvement works at the Montaña Reverón wastewater treatment plant and the additional pipelines and pumps being implemented by Acuaes in the municipality represent an investment of 78 million Euros. Both institutions held a meeting to assess the progress of the wastewater treatment and reuse projects in Arona Este and San Miguel, as well as the ongoing construction of additional pipelines and land outfalls.
The works, entrusted to Waters of the Spanish Basins (Acuaes), are co-financed with European funds and are expected to be completed by next year.
The meeting was attended by the Councillor for Natural Environment, Sustainability and Security and Emergency Services, Blanca Pérez, and the Mayor of Arona, Fátima Lemes; the Deputy Mayor and Councillor for the Environment, Clari Pérez; the manager of the Tenerife Island Council, Javier Davara, as well as several councillors from the southern local council and representatives from Canaragua and Acuaes, along with technicians from both Administrations.
Blanca Pérez explains that the objective is the treatment of urban wastewater, as well as the regeneration of treated water to allow its reuse for agricultural irrigation and the water conduits network to the WWTP and achieving zero discharges. She emphasises the creation of a monitoring committee for projects of great importance for the proper treatment of wastewater in Arona, San Miguel de Abona, and Vilaflor.
During the meeting, the agreement between the Island Council of Waters and the City Councils of Arona and San Miguel was also discussed, through which the entire new hydraulic system will be managed.
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Upon completion of the works at the Montaña Reverón Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant – located in the hydraulic complex of Valle San Lorenzo – and the new pipeline network, around 24,275 cubic meters of water per day will be available for agricultural irrigation in the area – equivalent to 10 Olympic swimming pools. These projects will ensure treated water for the entire midlands of this part of the southern region of the Island, as the discharges will be pumped to the Montaña Reverón WWTP through eight wastewater pumping stations to prevent discharges into the sea.
Infrastructure for 5 Pools per Day
The Tenerife Island Council is implementing four projects to supply 12,000 cubic meters of water per day this summer, equivalent to five Olympic swimming pools, to the agricultural sector. The emergency-declared works will improve the Portable Seawater Desalination Plant (EDAM) in Güímar, the Granadilla EDAM, the West EDAM, and the Los Letrados Wastewater Treatment Plant (EDAR). The investment amounts to around 6 million Euros. The increase in production of the Güímar Valley Portable EDAM and the pumping to municipal reservoirs have a cost of 2.4 million Euros, while the supply of reclaimed water to the Abona region from the EDAR at Los Letrados is almost 1.8 million Euros. The expansion of the Abona EDAM is around 689,000 Euros, while that of the West implies an outlay of 1.1 million Euros. | J. D. M.
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