Canary Islands approves allocating 200,000 euros to the cleaning of wells and septic tanks in La Graciosa

The Governing Council of the Canary Islands has approved this Monday a budgetary modification to allocate 200,000 euros to the cleaning of wells and septic tanks in La Graciosa until the island's sanitation and treatment network becomes operational.

According to a statement from the regional government, this file is promoted by the ministries of Territorial Policy, Territorial Cohesion and Water, and of Finance and Relations with the European Union, and will allow a subsidy to be granted to the Teguise City Council to continue these tasks, following a first agreement with the same purpose and amount approved in 2025.

The Minister of Territorial Policy, Territorial Cohesion and Water, Manuel Miranda, explained that the commitment of the Government of the Canary Islands to resolve the supply and sanitation problems of La Graciosa "has been underway for two years".

Likewise, he recalled that, given that it is a particularly sensitive territory from an environmental point of view, "the processing has been especially complex, even after declaring the works of regional interest".

The Government's action is structured around two projects for the island.

The first of these consists of the replacement of the supply pipeline, and will begin after the summer with an investment of 3.8 million euros and is currently in the tendering phase.

The second project contemplates the implementation of the sanitation network and the recovery of the Caleta de Sebo treatment plant, a file that is being processed and is expected to be put out to tender to begin construction during the first half of 2027.

This was communicated to residents and merchants at the meeting held last Thursday, where they were also informed of the budgetary modification approved this morning, which will allow the Government to assume the costs of emptying wells and septic tanks until the sanitation and treatment system becomes operational.

Manuel Miranda has reiterated "the firm commitment of the Executive to solve once and for all the problems affecting water cycle management on the island, a solution that, after two years of work, is getting closer and closer".