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During 2016 more than 1,200 receipts were rewarded.
Almost 2,400 Lorca families benefited during the past year from the subsidies established in the receipt of water by the Consistory and Hidrogea.
The Councilors of Social Services and Water in the City of Lorca, Fátima Mínguez and Ángel Meca, have reported that the Municipal Council has decided to continue with the benefits offered through the Social Water Bonus (BSA).
It is an initiative that was launched last year by the City and Hidrogea and through which have been served 1,200 receipts of Lorca families with economic difficulties.
The Edil de Servicios Sociales has explained that as a consequence of the current economic crisis, in our municipal term we find families who, due to their precarious economic situation, have great difficulties in dealing with the payment of water supply.
In order to help these families, the City Council of Lorca and the company Aguas de Lorca, signed at the beginning of 2016 the Agreement of Social Fund, or Social Bono of the Water (BSA), in order to collaborate with these families to Deal with water and sewer bills.
The financial allocation of the BSA has been set at 350,000 euros, with the aim of meeting the needs of vulnerable consumers that are determined by the Municipal Social Services.
This area of ​​the Consistory, therefore, studies, analyzes and proposes to the beneficiaries of the BSA.
The Councilor for Water, Angel Mecca, has stated that during the year 2016 have been attended in the office of Aguas de Lorca a total of 209 applicants for aid, which once analyzed by social services, has resulted in 199 grants, Which means we have collaborated with the payment of more than 1,200 receipts with a total consumption of more than 23,000 m3.
Mecca Ruzafa has indicated that, in addition to the aids already mentioned, Aguas de Lorca has subsidized rates for retirees and pensioners with incomes lower than the minimum wage, as well as for people with disabilities (with a disability greater than 33%) and that the family unit Have an income lower than the minimum wage.
There is also a reduced rate for large families.
For these groups (pensioners, handicapped and large families) the bonus of the water bill reaches 50% of the amount established in the general rate.
Altogether in 2016, the number of families that received some type of aid totaled almost 2,400;
Registering more than 1,700 for the group of pensioners / disabled, more than 400 for the collective of large families and more than 200 for the group that applies the aid of the BSA.
During 2016 bonuses were granted to 2,134 clients of the groups Pensioners / Disabled and Large Families, 15.3% more than in 2015.
This aid system will continue in 2017, and the procedure for the application will be the same, complete the form that can be collected at the offices of Aguas de Lorca or on our website, register it together with a photocopy of ID in City Hall Registry , From there, Aguas de Lorca and Social Service initial procedures to give a resolution to the user.
Once the proposal has been approved by the Local Government Board, the interested party and Aguas de Lorca are notified.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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