No water - it's time CAAF fired someone!

[GMT]

No water for me as well from yesterday evening, nada, and the pump is playing up  

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

Our water has been on/off/on/off all week - more off than on, and now:

Noticias:

Fuerteventura is again without water.

The Fuerteventura Water Supply Consortium (CAAF) repairs since this morning, October 7, an incident produced in the main impulsion network that goes from the Puerto del Rosario plant to the La Herradura deposit. This is the main line, so the cuts could be caused in different areas of Fuerteventura.



"The CAAF has immediately activated the protocol for its repair, hoping to be able to restore the service normally in the shortest possible time, while apologizing for the inconvenience caused."

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and another pic from Noticias:

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Radio Sintonia:

The water supply will be progressively recovered in Fuerteventura after Saturday's breakdown.

The Fuerteventura Water Supply Consortium (CAAF) reports that the incident detected last Saturday, October 7, in the main impulsion network to the deposits of La Herradura was solved since the night of the same Saturday.



The CAAF also reports that this type of repair involves a process of emptying, fixing and subsequent drying of the pipe to put it back into operation, so the impulsion network was finally started again from early Sunday morning. This has allowed to gradually recover the flow in the different distribution networks of Fuerteventura, hoping to restore the service to one hundred percent in the shortest possible time.

The CAAF apologizes for the inconvenience caused and informs that the works continue for the renovation of the main pipeline from the Puerto del Rosario plant to the main deposits of La Herradura, which supplies most of the island, this being one of the priority actions to be completed in the short term to improve the supply throughout the island.

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Noticias:

The Tamaragua reservoir comes to help alleviate possible supply cuts in La Oliva.

At the same time, the remodelling of the La Herradura reservoirs is progressing at a good pace and the replacement of the Calderetilla-Tiscamanita network will begin next week




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The Cabildo of Fuerteventura has today completed the renovation work of the Tamaragua reservoir, an essential action to guarantee the adequate volume in the tanks that are distributed throughout the island territory and that are included within the emergency hydraulic works approved by the Island Corporation.



The work on the Tamaragua reservoir (municipality of La Oliva) began in September and, once completed, will be put into operation in the coming days. It is an infrastructure that was in disuse and that, finally, will be put into operation to contribute to improving the storage and supply of the area.



"We are aware of the difficulty of reversing a situation that requires so many actions with interventions throughout the island territory. However, the priority of this government group is to guarantee the supply of water in optimal conditions to the entire population of Fuerteventura, so we will not stop until we meet that objective," says the president of the Cabildo, Lola García.



The president of the island points out that, "this is going to take us longer than we would like, which is why we have to work on all the lines in parallel. The execution of emergency works and the sustainable planning of our water resources must go hand in hand, to tackle the problem from all its areas: storage, production and distribution".



The Tamaragua work is part of the actions that were declared an emergency and contracted just over a month ago, for more than 18 million euros. Of the ten planned actions, those that had a project are already in execution and the rest are in the phase of receiving materials for the immediate start of the works.



In this sense, the Minister of Infrastructure, Blas Acosta, reports that "within the emergency actions to improve storage, the works in the La Herradura deposits are at a good pace of execution. This action, which is one of the most time-consuming, once completed will allow the start-up of one of the four main reservoirs that was not in operation, in addition to the enhancement of its pumping station".



The aforementioned emergency works are also aimed at improving distribution. In this sense, the Cabildo communicates that in the coming days it will continue with the channeling of the transport network from the Calderetilla deposit to the Tiscamanita deposit, foreseeing an approximate length of 27,860 meters, which will improve the flow and supply of the center-south of the island.



In the coming weeks, other pipes that are key to improving the supply throughout Fuerteventura will also be improved. To increase production, two modules of the Puerto del Rosario desalination plant will be renewed, which will increase production by 6,000 cubic meters per day, as well as a new seawater collection borehole at the same facility.



Urgent action



At the same time, the Cabildo has already completed a series of measures that will help alleviate the situation until the emergency works are fully executed. "As soon as we joined the Cabildo, we managed to improve production with a portable module in Gran Tarajal and the increase in surplus in La Lajita, which allows us to have more flow in the area. However, work continues on other infrastructures until the supply conditions are optimal," says the Minister of Water, Adargoma Hernández.



"Maintenance work has also been carried out on the existing production modules in the desalination plants and the size of the pipes at the outlet of the La Herradura reservoir to Puerto del Rosario has been increased, actions that allow balancing the flow received by the rest of the island and also improving in the areas near the capital," Hernandez adds.

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Radio Sintonia:

16 hydraulic works are currently being carried out in Fuerteventura.

The Cabildo of Fuerteventura currently has a total of 16 hydraulic works underway as part of the Island Plan for Cooperation in Water Supply Guarantee Actions (PICABAS). This was communicated by the Minister of Water, Adargoma Hernández, in today's Plenary Session, who explained that, "this means right now that actions are being carried out for more than 28.3 million euros, to which will be added, in the coming months, another lot worth 14.5 million".



Of the 16 actions mentioned, a dozen correspond to the emergency works that were prioritized as immediate by the PICABAS technical table and that are all already started, "the reform of the Tamaragua reservoir being already completed and other essential ones such as the reform of the La Herradura reservoirs or the channeling of the Calderetilla deposit to Tiscamanita are already in good progress. focused on improving storage, production and distribution throughout the island."

Beyond these ten actions, 6 other important works are also underway, such as the expansion of the desalination plants in Puerto del Rosario and Corralejo, others focused on improving distribution, such as the connection of the Morro Francisco reservoir with Lajares, or the channeling of the plant from Puerto el Rosario to La Herradura. All of them are essential to improve the supply throughout the island.

The president of the Cabildo, Lola García, said that "we are aware of the difficulty and time it takes to reverse the water situation on the island. However, it has been the top priority of this government group and we will not stop until we meet the objective of guaranteeing supply."

Likewise, Lola García reports that "in the coming months it is planned to contract another batch of twelve actions for 14.5 million euros and work will continue to have other fundamental projects such as the new desalination plant in the south of Fuerteventura, with a production of 10,000 to 15,000 m3/day."

The Vice-President and Minister of Infrastructure, Blas Acosta, remarked that "this government group is a pact for water and we have to continue prioritising investments and managing the necessary resources so that there are no cuts. We already have sixteen actions underway and we are going to start another award package, in addition to continuing to plan those that are prioritized by the technicians and continue moving forward."

[IHX]

Thank you for all heads up, concerning the water issues Tamara.

One of many consequences of the bad and irregular water delivery:

the grocery market above the bus station in Puerto Rosario, we tend to visit every Saturday morning and buy there our grocery and fruits but lately there are a many less farmers. When asked, one farmer told us that 3 big farmers who had a big part on the market have stopped farming, also due to age but the bad water supplies in Fuerteventura did it completely.

Another important reason one farmer told us is that most people are buying just 'classic' groceries and fruits in the supermarket, grown cheaper in the peninsula or other countries, our farmers are not enough supported, by locals, inhabitants, shops and restaurants to keep up maintaining their farmland, plus all insecurity of not getting enough water, was for all 3 farmers the limit, which is sad.

I'd say, let's be more aware, it costs a bit more, but let's support the local greens and fruits coming from local farmers.

[Alberto]

It’s quite sad to think of established farmers giving up because of the water issues. I’ve always found fruit and veg bought in a market to be totally different to that what you buy from supermarkets and grown on the peninsula. I’m convinced the vitamin content and nutrition is far higher in produce grown on the islands. The taste is definitely superior. These farmers should be subsidised and given an incentive to continue to grow. Water should even be prioritised for farmers. Once they’re lost, they’re gone forever. If they lose Canarian potato and tomato growers, it’d be disastrous.

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Noticias:

The CAAF announces cuts in Gran Tarajal for improvements on Tuesday 7.

The Fuerteventura Water Supply Consortium (CAAF) will carry out next Tuesday, November 7, a series of improvement and maintenance tasks at the Gran Tarajal desalination plant. These works are necessary to improve the operation and performance of this facility, as well as to optimize the remineralization work that is currently being carried out at the plant.



The action will begin early on Tuesday morning, and is expected to end around 2:00 p.m., so during that period there may be supply cuts in the area. The CAAF apologises for the inconvenience caused by work aimed at improving the performance of the desalination plant and the supply in the aforementioned area.



In recent months, the EDAM has been the subject of other actions such as the commissioning, last July, of two new filters to improve seawater filtration and a portable desalination module that increases the production of drinking water.



In the coming months, other actions are planned to improve the supply throughout the area, while the aforementioned remineralization works continue.

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Radio Sintonia:

Partial stop of water production in Fuerteventura next Tuesday.

The Fuerteventura Water Supply Consortium (CAAF) has announced that, next Tuesday, November 14, a series of actions will be undertaken at the Puerto del Rosario desalination plant for the connection of new desalination modules that, according to reports, will improve production and supply throughout Fuerteventura. These will be preparatory actions that will require a partial shutdown of production, which is expected to be resolved on Tuesday, with the aim of continuing to improve supply and continue with the ongoing EDAM Puerto del Rosario expansion and improvement project.

The Cabildo thus reports on the work on the improvement of the desalination plants in Fuerteventura, with the replacement of modules, the search for new catchment wells in Puerto del Rosario, the expansion and improvement of the stations of Puerto del Rosario and Corralejo, as well as the remineralization works in Gran Tarajal, Corralejo and Puerto del Rosario. among other actions.

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Radio Sintonia:

The Government of the Canary Islands will finance the study to determine the location of the new desalination plant in the south of Fuerteventura.

The president of the Cabildo of Fuerteventura, Lola García, received today the Minister of Territorial Policy, Territorial Cohesion and Water of the Government of the Canary Islands, Manuel Miranda, in a meeting in which they agreed that the regional executive will assume the financing of the work of the study to determine the location of the new desalination plant in the south of Fuerteventura. In addition, the Government of the Canary Islands has been asked to bear the costs of drafting the corresponding execution project, for which a nominative item has been foreseen in the General Budget of the Autonomous Community, which will be approved next week in the Parliament of the Canary Islands.

This was confirmed this morning during a meeting that was also attended by the Minister of Water, Adargoma Hernández, the Deputy Minister of Territorial Cohesion, Marcos Lorenzo, and the Director General of Water, Mónica Gómez.

"The water emergency in Fuerteventura has been a priority for the Government of the Canary Islands from the outset, and today we have made progress in updating the roadmap with which we are facing it from the Cabildo and the Island Water Council," said Manuel Miranda, who highlighted the effort made by both institutions to resolve the limit situation of the water supply on the island.

With this agreement between the two administrations, a further step is taken to address the lack of water generation and supply in the south of the island, with the planning of a new desalination plant whose financing is expected to be included in the next hydraulic infrastructure agreement with the State.

On the budgetary side, the Minister Manuel Miranda, highlighted the value of the new line of credit opened by the Government of the Canary Islands to face the water emergency declared in Fuerteventura, through an additional provision included in the General Budget of the Autonomous Community that will be approved next week in the regional Parliament.

The president of the Cabildo, Lola García, stressed that "taking into account the additional provision that appears in the Budgets of the Government of the Canary Islands, it is necessary to coordinate all the works that we are carrying out and those that we have planned. This roadmap includes the feasibility study and project of the southern desalination plant, the construction of which will involve an investment of around 30 million euros."

Among the most immediate measures, President Lola García and Minister Manuel Miranda also announced an allocation of about 6 million euros from the funds of the MITECO (Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge), which will allow important improvements in the operation of the desalination plant in Puerto del Rosario, with the supply of new pumps. electrical panels and reverse osmosis membranes, as well as improvements in the treatment plant in the capital of Fuerteventura.