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28-10-2022, 07:41 PM
Radio Sintonia:
Fuerteventura requires the State and the regional government to cover the extra costs of water desalination on the island.
The Plenary Session of the Cabildo of Fuerteventura has approved today, Friday, October 28, a motion presented by the government group to demand from the State and Government of the Canary Islands greater aid to cover the energy cost overruns that are affecting water desalination in the Archipelago.
In the words of the president of the Cabildo, Sergio Lloret, "the State and the Autonomous Community must have a special consideration with the exceptional situation of Fuerteventura, where water desalination is the only alternative for the hydraulic supply of the island, whether destined for human consumption or any economic, industrial or agricultural activity". That is why "it is vital that the Canary Islands and the State greatly increase the aid that Fuerteventura receives for the desalination of seawater".
"The residents of the island are already bearing extra costs such as the rise in fuel prices and shopping basket, so they do not deserve to have this burden transferred to them in the water bill," said Lloret.
As a result of the increase in the value of energy, energy costs for water desalination have increased by 300%. For the Fuerteventura Water Supply Consortium (CAAF) these increases mean going from production costs of 5.1 million euros in the period 2018-2019 to reach 17.73 million euros in 2022-2023.
Figures "completely unassumable" by the CAAF, since this increase in electricity supply costs triples the current budget of the entity. A situation that directly affects the basic water supply supplies in Fuerteventura.
However, the aid granted by the State is set at 8.5 million euros for the whole Canary Islands, of which Fuerteventura barely receives 600,000 euros. A figure totally insufficient to cope with the increases caused by the global context in the electricity supply.
For the Minister of Aguas David de Vera, "the increase in costs has caused an alarming situation when it comes to giving stability to this public service. For all these reasons, it is important to balance the items that come from the State and to be able to face a need as vital as the production of drinking water in Fuerteventura".
Therefore, through this motion the Cabildo asks the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge to incorporate exceptional aid for water desalination in the Canary Islands. A petition that will also be transferred to the Congress of Deputies and the Senate.
The Cabildo also urges the Government of the Canary Islands to incorporate a specific budget item to deal with the extra costs established in the electricity tariffs for the production of water for human consumption on islands such as Fuerteventura, where there is no other supply alternative.
Finally, the State and the Autonomous Community are also required, according to the scope of competence, to regulate the costs or tariffs destined to the electricity supply that directly affect essential and essential public services such as water for human consumption.
The agreement reached is also transferred to the municipalities of the Island and the Canary Islands Federation (FECAI)
Fuerteventura requires the State and the regional government to cover the extra costs of water desalination on the island.
The Plenary Session of the Cabildo of Fuerteventura has approved today, Friday, October 28, a motion presented by the government group to demand from the State and Government of the Canary Islands greater aid to cover the energy cost overruns that are affecting water desalination in the Archipelago.
In the words of the president of the Cabildo, Sergio Lloret, "the State and the Autonomous Community must have a special consideration with the exceptional situation of Fuerteventura, where water desalination is the only alternative for the hydraulic supply of the island, whether destined for human consumption or any economic, industrial or agricultural activity". That is why "it is vital that the Canary Islands and the State greatly increase the aid that Fuerteventura receives for the desalination of seawater".
"The residents of the island are already bearing extra costs such as the rise in fuel prices and shopping basket, so they do not deserve to have this burden transferred to them in the water bill," said Lloret.
As a result of the increase in the value of energy, energy costs for water desalination have increased by 300%. For the Fuerteventura Water Supply Consortium (CAAF) these increases mean going from production costs of 5.1 million euros in the period 2018-2019 to reach 17.73 million euros in 2022-2023.
Figures "completely unassumable" by the CAAF, since this increase in electricity supply costs triples the current budget of the entity. A situation that directly affects the basic water supply supplies in Fuerteventura.
However, the aid granted by the State is set at 8.5 million euros for the whole Canary Islands, of which Fuerteventura barely receives 600,000 euros. A figure totally insufficient to cope with the increases caused by the global context in the electricity supply.
For the Minister of Aguas David de Vera, "the increase in costs has caused an alarming situation when it comes to giving stability to this public service. For all these reasons, it is important to balance the items that come from the State and to be able to face a need as vital as the production of drinking water in Fuerteventura".
Therefore, through this motion the Cabildo asks the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge to incorporate exceptional aid for water desalination in the Canary Islands. A petition that will also be transferred to the Congress of Deputies and the Senate.
The Cabildo also urges the Government of the Canary Islands to incorporate a specific budget item to deal with the extra costs established in the electricity tariffs for the production of water for human consumption on islands such as Fuerteventura, where there is no other supply alternative.
Finally, the State and the Autonomous Community are also required, according to the scope of competence, to regulate the costs or tariffs destined to the electricity supply that directly affect essential and essential public services such as water for human consumption.
The agreement reached is also transferred to the municipalities of the Island and the Canary Islands Federation (FECAI)