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The increase is due to the costs of desalination, and is a direct result of the mistaken repeal of the Ebro Transfer |
Water The mayor announced that the next plenary session will propose that the National Government to establish a unified rate in Spain for the price of water for industrial use, irrigation and domestic uses.
Water Councilman City of Lorca, Melchor Morales, announced that the city council is directly contrary to the rising water deck Commonwealth Taibilla Channel, an entity managed by the PSOE, and as has transpired since is in 15%.
Morales has said that "in the last 5 years accumulated an increase of 115%, which is a real aberration.
The National Government can not punish this extremely rude to Lorca.
It is nonsense, crazy. "
Water Councilman noted that "the Socialists should reconsider this measure because it represents a severe punishment for citizens who are going to have to pay this increase.
This rise is directly determined by the cost of desalinated water production. "
Morales has referred to the increase in the price of water since the Socialists took power nationally, noting that "the price of water Taibilla remained stable from 1997 until the arrival of Zapatero, ie the PP .
After we know what is happening, Zapatero was loaded the Ebro and opted for desalination.
This measure of Zapatero Lorca was assumed that the water we are paying the price of gold.
In fact in just 5 years the PSOE has increased water prices by 115%, with plans to increase by 15% more for the next year.
The mayor of water has exposed how the situation in our city, noting that "the PSOE privatized water services in 1997 and has approved the water bill increases of all Lorca in a row until 2007.
We must not forget that precisely the then socialist mayor of Lorca, Leoncio Collado, supported, applauded and voted in favor of the Commonwealth of channels Taibilla increase water prices for 2008 by 18%.
The cumulative increase between 2008 and 2009 for the price of water Taibilla stood at 45%.
All these increases are those we must thank the PSOE.
By contrast Jódar Francisco in 2008 and opposed the 27% rise in water prices for 2009.
Desalination: blame the increase in water prices
Councilman Waters, Melchor Morales, explained that "the rising price of water should not be, as some uninformed politicians to reduced consumption, but now we have to the citizens of our pocket to pay the cost of desalination.
Today desalination accounts for 50% of resources Taibilla for what is planned by the Ministry to approve an increase of 15% for the year 2010.
This City Council has already announced that is resolutely opposed to this measure and we anticipate that Francisco Jódar vote against the Committee of the Commonwealth. "
The City Council asked the State to unify water rates
Melchor Morales reported that the city of Lorca is clear that "the price you want to impose the PSOE for water is unaffordable for all users.
Therefore, we claim the State water prices is unique to the country in its different uses.
In this regard we will request the establishment of either uniform tariffs for agricultural, industrial, or domestic.
In fact we have already indicated to the Executive Committee of Taibilla this proposal to be submitted also through a motion to the next plenary session of the City of Lorca.
What we want is that all the Spanish pay the same price for water, as already happens with telephone rates, gas and light. "
The Tajo can transfer, to today, 274 hectometres
Morales has been reported that "today in the headwaters of the Tagus there is a cumulative flow of 524 cubic hectometres, the law considers that transfer the flow is above the 250 hectometres, So could transfer up to 274 total hectometres.
But Mr. Zapatero does not authorize such flows and like us to use desalination which is multiplied by six, the price of transferred water.
The current price of water from the Tajo-Segura transfer is 12 cents per cubic meter, while the desalination is 72 cents. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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