The CEO of Waters of Lucena, María de la O Redondostressed yesterday that Lucena will have to launch a multi-year investment plan to undertake the improvement of the significant deficiencies presented by the water distribution network. The decision is constrained by the city’s limited possibilities to be eligible for European funds, after having been excluded from the distribution of aid from the Strategic Projects Program for the Recovery and economic transformation (LOSS) digitalization of the water cycle which took place a few months ago.
Redondo indicated that, although the project presented by the Lucena City Council – estimated at 2.3 million euros – met all the requirements, there were much more ambitious projects from an economic point of view, which is why the The initiative obtained a low score which left it out of any possibility of accessing, for the moment, the requested help. However, there is still a third call, for which the project will be improved, even if Round indicated that the nature of this program, focused on the digitalization of processes, means that expectations in terms of obtaining funding are not very promising.
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Faced with this setback, Aguas de Lucena has already launched with its own funds some of the initiatives for which aid was requested, such as the sectorization of the service, a measure “which can save a lot of water”. According to Redondo, the sectorization of three areas has already been carried out with its own resources and “the two largest remain, which will be included in the 2025 budget, due to their highest budget, of more than 120,000 euros.” This sectorization makes it possible to control the flow of water in the different districts of the city individually in the event of a problem. incident type.
Likewise, the CEO of Aguas de Lucena announced that work is already underway on the specifications to launch a call for tenders for the preparation of a diagnostic study of the network situation, the cost of which will be d ‘around 110,000 euros and which should constitute the definitive tool for prioritizing future performances. It should be remembered that until now, the main criterion for prioritizing the work to be carried out is given by the number of breakdowns recorded on each street over the past year.
Concerning another action, the attribution of the geotechnical study to define the route of the current water pipeline from the Birth of Zambra As for the Lucena water tanks, Redondo said they should be awarded “before the end of the month.”
