| Navarro: "We are nearing the end of the current period of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF 2014-2020), so a good opportunity presents itself to seek financing for this construction "| "In Águilas we were pioneers in terms of water purification, but we have a purification station with more than 35 years that needs an improvement and expansion of its facilities," said Navarro. Eagles, June 11.
The Municipal People's Group submits to the plenary session in June a motion in which it requests the regional and national governments to seek adequate financing for the expansion and improvement of the Águilas wastewater treatment plant. "In Águilas we were pioneers in the purification of wastewater but we have a purification station with more than 35 years that needs an improvement and expansion of its facilities," recalled the PP councilor, Francisco Navarro, so "it is necessary to urge the Government of the Region of Murcia, specifically the General Directorate of Water, and the Government of Spain to seek the necessary funds to carry out the project for the expansion of the Águilas treatment plant.
" Navarro has remarked that "in recent years, the regional government has carried out maintenance works to correct the deficiencies of the treatment plant, works necessary to continue carrying out the treatment of our wastewater, but which are" mere patches ", since what we really need is the expansion and improvement of the treatment plant ". "We are nearing the end of the current period of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF 2014-2020) put what presents a good opportunity to seek financing for this construction," stressed the councilman of the PP stressing that "we It presents a very important opportunity to take advantage of the possible restructuring of the ERDF and to be able to budget the expansion of the existing treatment plant.
" The funds needed for this expansion could come from "the restructuring, both regionally and nationally, of the ERDF 2014-2020".
Failing that, it could be framed "within the next period of the European Regional Development Fund 2021-2027" or "through the declaration by the Government of Spain of the Águilas water treatment plant as of general interest," the mayor explained. "From the administrations it is essential to provide tools to optimize the use of water and reduce its costs, so there is a good opportunity to offer purified water in the best possible conditions for its use," Navarro concluded.
Source: PP Águilas