STARTCOMMUNICATIONS CONTRACTOR PROFILETRANSPARENCY News in media Is here: StartCommunicationsNews in mediaNews in press News in press (3) Search Friday, 16 October 2015 00:00 The Cabildo injects 12 million in Gesta to manage desalination plants To print E-mail At the end of 2009, the Cabildo de Tenerife gave the green light to the creation of the company Gestión Insular de Aguas de Tenerife (Gesta), framed under the umbrella of the Consejo Insular de Aguas de Tenerife (CIATF). Although the objective of this new entity was the construction and management of hydraulic infrastructures, the truth is that, for different reasons, to date it has had practically no activity or assigned budget. Now, after this period of paralysis, the Cabildo has decided to reactivate the entity and inject an amount of 12 million euros next year, with the aim of executing the pipeline works for desalinated water in the south of the Island and managing the new desalination plants that will enter service, explained to DIARIO DE AVISOS the Minister of Waters of the insular Government, Manuel Martínez. "In the short term, the company is going to complete the desalination works, since next year it is expected that the Fonsalía (Guía de Isora) and Granadilla desalination plants will be completed," said the counselor. He added that with the aforementioned 12 million euros it is expected to run the pipelines to distribute water from the two infrastructures, thus covering a good part of the southern territory, from Las Eras to Santiago del Teide. Although at first Gesta will be focused only on the desalination of the waters, later it is intended that it also assume the works and management in the field of purification. In fact, at the moment in which the Cabildo assumes the management of the Santa Cruz treatment plant, as has been proposed this summer and as contemplated in the Tenerife Hydrological Plan -because it is a supra-municipal infrastructure-, this entity would be under your control. Martínez indicated, in this regard, that this process is still being studied with the City Council, so that the competition can be assumed next year. In the last island plenary session, the Corporation approved a credit modification of around 37 million euros. This item includes the amount of the 12 million that will be transferred to CIATF and that will, in turn, be transferred to Gesta. Likewise, if the new desalination plants come into operation in mid-2016, construction of the pipelines will begin at that time, which may be available, according to CIATF's forecast, in mid-2017. In addition to the execution of the pipeline, the Insular Council, through Gesta, will be in charge of managing the sale and distribution of desalinated water. The fact of having this type of joint-stock companies will allow the development of water infrastructures on the Island in the coming years, opening the range to the origin of the funds. "These types of actions are very expensive and through Gesta we can obtain another series of funds, such as private ones, as well as opting for different kinds of subsidies," explained the Socialist councilor. The insular person in charge of Waters also announced that the Tenerife Corporation plans to act in the future in five areas of the Island to improve purification. Although he did not want to advance the details of the actions, he indicated that a part of the works will be paid for through European funds. Specifically, the areas to invest are La Orotava, Acentejo, Santiago del Teide, Granadilla de Abona and San Miguel. The idea is that these works, in due course, could also be developed by Gesta. Link to the news: Newspaper "Diario de Avisos" digital Posted in Press News go back up +34 922 53 55 07 Contact Form Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. at 2:00 p.m. C / Leoncio Rodríguez, 3-2ª floor. (Edf. El Cabo) 38003 Santa Cruz de Tenerife Telephone: +34 922 53 55 07 Email: contacto@gestatenerife.org This website uses its own and third-party cookies to analyze and improve your browsing experience. By continuing to browse, we understand that you accept its use. More information I agree © 2016 GESTA. Legal warning