It is the only INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDED THAT THESE FEATURES BUILT ON THE ISLAND.

The manager of the Island Water Council, Jose Luis Guerra, He explained that on the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of the institution have set the goal of "promoting awareness and knowledge" of rainfall data recorded until 2006.

The Insular Water Council considers Gran Canaria dam Leaping Dog, in La Aldea de San Nicolás, as the only large infrastructure of these characteristics qualified "general interest", but for now there are no provisions for construction, the amount of which would amount, according to the manager of the institution, Jose Luis Guerra, To over 12 million euros.

The construction of the dam of Salto del Perro is not easy, as inter alia, the area spend two high-voltage lines. Also missing studies on the area where it would be built. Currently the Island Water Council operates six dams on the island, with a total volume of 41,3 millions of cubic meters.

After the rains last winter, these reservoirs stored a total of 20 million cubic meters of total capacity of agua.La 174 dams inventoried in Gran Canaria is more than 100 millions of cubic meters, in most built not that great store this item, "But to capture flood water", Guerra explained.

On the other hand, Waters counselor insular Fitted, Demetrio Suarez, He noted that one of the main objectives it has set is that the waters of the island are "insular tour", i.e., they can pass from one side to another of Gran Canaria as needs exist, which would allow to have "homogeneous prices".

"It is not normal that farmers pay 18 euros for water and another 70 ", so he said that in the case of achieving this objective could leave the institution "head high", since he said, It should be "fair and just".

The Community of Irrigators of La Aldea de San Nicolás assessed very positively the announcement by the Insular Council. However, request that his execution date is set and that it has been waiting for over ten years.

In this sense, from the Community claim that having built last winter had brimmed, having a water reservoir about four million cubic meters approximately.