STARTCOMMUNICATIONS CONTRACTOR PROFILETRANSPARENCY News in media Is here: StartCommunicationsNews in mediaNews in press News in press (3) Look for Monday, 30 November 2015 00:00 Gesta will assume the canalization of the new desalination plants in the South To print E-mail Created in 2009 and without activity until now, the company Gestión Insular de Aguas de Tenerife (Gesta) already has a mission: to carry out the works of the pipelines of the new desalination plants that are going to be put into operation in the South of the Island, which They will be located in Granadilla de Abona and in Fonsalía (Guía de Isora). These actions in the pipelines are related to the funds that, as it will be recalled, the Cabildo de Tenerife decided months ago to be used for projects to improve "competitiveness, employment and a sustainable economy" on the Island. "Once that they deliver the desalination plants to us, maybe they will keep their operation and exploitation, but that decision has not yet been made ", explains the insular councilor for Water, Manuel Martínez, who points out that the pros and cons are being analyzed. Gesta is in charge of the management or that the Insular Water Council does it, as is already the case with the Adeje facility and also with the Arona facility. Be that as it may, the socialist politician points out that "what is clear" is that, at the beginning of the year, Gestión Insular de Aguas de Tenerife is going to take care of executing the 12.7 million that, within the framework of the aforementioned project , the Cabildo transfers to the Insular Council and this, in turn, to that other entity whose shareholding is 100% of the Insular Council. With the new pipelines it is sought that the desalinated water from the plants that will be put into operation in the coming months contributes to the improvement of the situation of the southern municipalities, "from Arico to Santiago del Teide," Martínez details about the ultimate objective. Looking back, the insular water councilor recalls that Gesta was born as a public company to become a mixed company and seek external financing, although, finally, it has been unemployed until now and does not even have assigned personnel. In a recent General Meeting of the Insular Water Council, the representatives of the Board of Directors were appointed, in the same way that the action, investment and financing plan (PAIF) of Gesta was also addressed, in what supposes the start of the new stage. Manuel Martínez indicates that with the new desalination infrastructures available to the South, desalination in this area is covered "very in the future", as well as tourist development and water supply in general, where, he adds, this summer they have been had "serious problems". "That more tourists come brings a greater demand for water and it must be satisfied, which with galleries and wells it is not possible," he says in relation to using the option of desalination, which does not seem to fully convince the Insular Chamber of Waters, as pointed out by this institution in recent months. A share of 37 million after the changes in Gesta The new function of the Gesta company is related to a Cabildo project that was announced at the end of September. Through it, the Insular Corporation has decided to make an investment of 37 million euros for the execution of various actions aimed, they said during their presentation, at "competitiveness, employment and a sustainable economy." The initiative will be financed with recourse to indebtedness (28.3 million) and with aid from the public business company Red.es. Of the total, 12.7 million are those that go to the Insular Water Council, which is the one that receives the largest contribution, followed by the 10 million that will go to ITER and the 3.9 million from Balten. Link to the news: Newspaper "El Dia" 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 © 2016 GESTA. Legal warning