The Island Water Council definitively ruled out the transfer of the La Aldea.

THE DECISION IS DUE TO THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE STUDY CONDUCTED, THAT THEY CLAIM IT AS UNVIABLE.

The President of the Community of Irrigators of La Aldea, Juan José de el Pino, informed Agroaldea that the Gran Canaria Island Water Council, has sent you the study and the final report on the transfer of the bco. from La Aldea to the Guayedra canal, in which carrying out this work is definitively ruled out.

Del Pino pointed out that the main reason is due to economic unviability since, according to the report, the cost of the cubic meter used including the amortization of the work, amounts to 41.57 € / m3 for 250 liters / second and 19,9 € / m3 for 1000 liters / second.

This report concludes that the energy cost per cubic meter installed in Guayedra would be similar to that of the high-pressure pump of a desalination plant..

Like this, considering that the cost per cubic meter of a desalination plant, Counting energy and return on investment is about 0,60 € / m3, “It is clear that the transfer is not economically justified”, cites the report.

Another factor that has been taken into account to rule out the transfer, It has been referred to the frequency at which flooding occurs in the mouth, Del Pino pointed out.. In the event that within fifteen years, amortization period for a desalination plant, take the ravine flow to the mouth three times, the cost per cubic meter put in the amount Guayedra 41,57 € / m3.

The study also specifies the type of work to be done which included building a raft, and a drive station, a pump and pipe section casting 18 kms. approximately.

The cost of the works would amount to 13,4 million euros for 250 liters / second and 25,5 million euros for 1000 liters / second.

President of the Community of Irrigators regrets all the controversy about this work, even without knowing the results of the study that has been conducted.

In addition, Del Pino denounced that political demagoguery does not benefit the villagers and does a disservice to the people of La Aldea, sowing discredit and, sometimes, insults towards those who govern the interests of this Community.