The delegate for Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, Antonio Mena, has visited the works of the new E.D.A.R. in the municipality of Partaloa, accompanied by the technical team responsible and the mayoress, María Joaquina López. The whole project will involve an investment of just over 1.7 million euros and has a completion period of 18 months, which will end in May. This water treatment plant is a low load, sized, extended aeration system, which will be able to serve a population of 600 inhabitants in the Almanzora Region.
The delegate declared that «it will be a modern installation, equipped with the latest technology, which generates hardly any noise and whose odours are practically imperceptible, even when inside the plant itself». In addition, «the installation is highly automated, which facilitates maintenance and reduces operating costs».
Mena explained that a solution to the problem in this area, after analysis and studies, has resulted in the design of a Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) located to the south of the town to collect the three existing discharge points. In addition, more than 2.5 km of collectors have been built to discharge into the new treatment plant.
Moreover, the delegate added that «with these facilities, we complete the integral water cycle, we solve the environmental problems that this type of water can cause and we guarantee the inland villages, the small towns, a basic infrastructure that allows them to face the future with a greater guarantee».
These types of projects, included in the declaration of regional interest in 2010, have been promoted and implemented by «Juanma Moreno’s government of change». These actions are already underway and many of them have been completed. Investments in water works in the province of Almeria have already mobilised more than 200 million euros. In 2024, the Andalusian budget includes 60 million euros for investment in water in the province, which demonstrates the significant effort being made by the Andalusian government in Almeria.