Primero Teguise once again focuses on the state of the municipality's sanitation infrastructure after new incidents were recorded in Caleta de Caballo, where breaks in the network cause the appearance of wastewater in the town's streets and add to the episodes of fecal contamination detected on its coastline.
The islandist party recalls that "this is not an unknown situation for the residents." According to local residents, breakdowns can occur four or five times a year, although they gain greater impact during the summer months, when the number of people in this small coastal community increases considerably.
Throughout the year, the City Council has had to close Caleta de Caballo beach to swimming after analyses carried out by Public Health detected fecal contamination. At that time, it was publicly acknowledged that the origin of that contamination was still unknown. Last week, the same thing happened again.
For Primero Teguise, the repetition of problems requires treating each breakdown as more than an isolated incident and studying the actual state of the Caleta de Caballo sanitation network, identifying the points that repeatedly fail, and determining whether it is necessary to replace entire sections of the installation instead of limiting repairs to specific points.
“When a pipe breaks again, residents see how sewage appears in the street, but no one explains why it is happening, which part of the network has failed, what is being done to solve it, or if there is a definitive action to prevent it from happening again. We cannot get used to fixing the same problem by always patching it up,” says the spokesperson for Primero Teguise, Jonás Álvarez.
A problem that neither starts nor ends at the treatment plant
Primero Teguise recalls that it "has previously warned about sanitation problems in Costa Teguise and considers that both cases highlight the need to analyze these infrastructures comprehensively."
The party recalls that, before wastewater reaches a treatment plant, it must pass through pipes, collectors, conduits, and, in many areas, wastewater pumping stations (WWPS). "Any failure in one of these elements can end up causing discharges in a street, on a beach, or directly into the sea," they assure.
“A few weeks ago, we warned about the need to review the Costa Teguise EBAR network. What is now happening in Caleta de Caballo once again shows that we cannot only think about sanitation when an installation fails. We need to know the real state of the entire network and anticipate breakdowns. The population is growing, and our infrastructures remain old and insufficient,” states Álvarez.
Primero Teguise requests a network diagnosis
Primero Teguise demands that the Teguise City Council and the responsible water cycle agencies clarify what is causing the breakdowns in Caleta de Caballo, which sections of the network have recurring problems, what maintenance and repair actions have been carried out in recent years, and if there is a project to definitively renew the deteriorated pipelines.
The party also requests that residents receive information every time an incident occurs: what the breakdown is, which area is affected, what measures are being taken, and what timeframe is being considered to restore normality.
Primero Teguise considers that this review "should not be limited to Caleta de Caballo and insists on the need to pay special attention to the Costa Teguise EBARs and the entire set of pumping stations, collectors, and sanitation networks in the municipality."
“Primero Teguise already alerted about Costa Teguise and now does so again with Caleta de Caballo. We do not want to wait for the next beach closure or the next street flooded with sewage to talk about the problem again. Sanitation needs maintenance and investment before the breakdown occurs, not after,” concludes Álvarez.
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