- At the General Meeting, two highly anticipated works of great value were awarded: the construction of the new Castellons desalination plant and the commissioning of the Canor Bessó well and its conduction to the new desalination plant.
Last Friday, the Agua Teulada – Benitatxell Consortium approved by the General Meeting a package of several measures to address the drought situation that is expected due to the lack of rain last year. On the one hand, to increase water resources and achieve quality flow, two highly anticipated works of great value have been awarded through public bidding: the work to start up the Canor Bessó well and the conduction of this well to the desalination plant. of Castellons, awarded to the company Aquambiente Servicios para el sector del agua S.AU. by 1,975,926 euros; and the construction of the new Castellons desalination plant, awarded to the company Contratas Vilor SL for 1,655,669 euros. In addition, the execution of an improvement of a 100 kW solar installation, valued at 111,536 euros, has been achieved.
In parallel, and also with the aim of continuing to increase the water resources of the Consortium, it has been approved to provide a budget of 186,872 euros to develop the Senija II well, which has been awaiting these works since 2017. In this way, the works that began at the end of 2022 by the technicians of both municipalities, which proposed technical alternatives and economic evaluations that managed to propose the most optimal solution for the drafting of the final project.
Regarding the improvement of infrastructure, the entity continues with the dynamic of breaking with the paralysis of previous legislatures. Thus, as a continuation of the renovation work on the drinking water network of each of the municipalities, in 2024 Teulada Moraira will invest 202,200 euros to continue improving the drinking water distribution system and Benitatxell 140,592 euros. In addition, they will be allocated 36,000 euros for the comprehensive remodeling of the Cumbre del Sol and Moraira pumping stations, which concern both municipalities.
Specifically, in El Poble Nou de Benitatxell, work has already been carried out in the last two years to renew the pipes on Alicante Avenue, La Pau, Mayor and Cantonet de Bufó streets, and the Barranc Roig area.
Likewise, the meeting approved the signing of a collaboration agreement with the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain, an organization dependent on the Higher Center for Scientific Research of the Ministry of Science and Innovation, to solve the problems of evacuation of brines from the desalination plants. Through this agreement, a study will also be carried out to locate new additional resources to supply the La Serp desalination plant in El Poble Nou de Benitatxell.
Finally, and in compliance with the instructions of the Júcar Hydrographic Confederation, the content of the Consortium's Special Drought Plan was explained, approving the first set of actions to try to manage episodes with little or no availability of resources.