SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, December 21. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Cabildo of Tenerife is developing a project for the digitalization and modeling of infrastructure to improve the hydraulic performance of the irrigation water transport and distribution systems in Tenerife.
The Primary Sector Minister, Valentín González, points out in a note that this initiative is part of a First Professional Experience Program, of the public company Balten, which, in turn, is integrated into the Government’s Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan. from Spain, financed by the Next Generation funds of the European Union.
Valentín González anticipates that “the project is more than 90% executed three months from its completion.”
To launch this initiative, eight workers were hired who, over the last 10 months, have carried out digitalization work in the northern and southern areas of the island.
Thus, more than 8,000 water meters, more than 300 new sections of pipelines with a length of almost 80 kilometers, and 400 complex elements have been digitized, which are part of Balten’s irrigation water distribution networks.
In the remaining months of the project, the modeling of the hydraulic systems of each of the areas that are part of the company’s organizational structure will be carried out, as well as all the compilation of the digitalized documentation for the proposal of technical improvements, whose The main purpose is to improve the hydraulic performance of the networks, avoiding leaks and water losses.
The Primary Sector counselor also explains that “the traditional management of irrigation systems has evolved towards new techniques for supervision and exploitation of hydraulic infrastructure, with the aim of improving the quality of the service offered to users, optimizing resources. and causing the least possible environmental impact.”
Valentín González concludes that “current management policies focus on a new concept based on satisfying the water needs of irrigators, following a series of sustainable criteria, aimed at saving costs associated with exploitation and minimizing water and waste losses. energy”.
