Yesterday, the City Council of Vera approved in extraordinary plenary session the request of the Hydrological Planning Service of the Mediterranean District of the General Directorate of Planning and Water Resources for the construction of a new desalination facility in the municipality. The Veratense administration will act as the investment agent and promoter for the new desalination facility, with an execution date of 2027.
Sources in the municipality state that “the incorporation a new source will have a positive effect on all the sources with whom the current demands are associated”, which include those of new urban developments as well as those of farmers for irrigation. Their lands.
The future desalination plant will allow farmers to obtain it from the new facility. The Consistory explains that this will increase the supply without having to exploit underground resources.
This new water supply will ease the pressure on water supply systems in urban areas. The problem of water supply to the population will therefore be solved both in the immediate and the long-term.
According to Codeur, the current Vera supply manager, Codeur has expressed interest in completing the infrastructure “within contracting processes established under the Public Sector Contracts Laws (LCSP),” either through a private initiative, or a public-private partnership. According to municipal sources, the current concessionaire would be able to invest in the desalination plant. The amortization would take place in the shortest time possible using the rates approved by Vera City Council.
The City Council of Vera will therefore complete the procedures necessary to contract this concession in accordance with the LCSP.
They have been working with the Consistory to determine the potential dimensions of the desalination plant, and consequently on the required investments that would exceed 22 millions euros.
The City Council stated that the facility could produce 5 cubic metres per year and can be expanded by 50% or 100% to produce up to 10 cubic meters per year.
Alfonso Garcia (first deputy mayor of Vera City Council and CEO of Codeur) spoke at Tuesday’s plenary session. He said it was an “very important” day because it was “one of the most important strategic projects Vera>> since their arrival at the municipal government. The desalination plant will provide water resources for the municipality and will enable the development of Vera into the future. Veratense’s mayor highlighted “good harmony” with all economic sectors, including the irrigators as well as the owners of the special coast plan.