The Ministry of Territorial Policy, Territorial Cohesion and Water of the Government of the Canary Islands will allocate practically half of its budget for next year to solve the water crisis on the islands, with an investment that will exceed 53 million euros, as explained by the head of the department, Manuel Miranda.
The water emergency situation in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura will be addressed through an expandable credit line of its own, with no limit other than those established in the general financing of the Autonomous Community.
This guarantees the full availability of resources to face the serious supply problem that the population of both islands is suffering.
These are accounts that are "realistic and adjusted to the spending capacity, which are committed to planning and specialized technical support, to combat the low degree of budget execution that we have found in hydraulic investments, which currently do not exceed 23%", as explained by Manuel Miranda.
Through the inclusion of an additional provision in the articles of the Budget Bill, investments to increase water resources and improve water quality may be increased by up to 15 million euros more throughout the Archipelago.
This increase represents a growth of 6.8% of the non-financial expenditure of the Ministry with respect to 2023, and 4.5% in the case of the General Directorate of Water.
The hydraulic projects included in the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism (MRR) Next Generation exceed 11 million euros, and prioritize the digitization plan of the water cycle in the islands, in order to comply with European regulations and have the first water observatory in the Canary Islands.