"Lanzarote has taken another step in water management by allowing private desalination on the island." This was stated by the Ciudadanos (Cs) councillor in the island corporation, Benjamín Perdomo, who celebrated that "the Lanzarote Hydrological Plan includes Ciudadanos' proposals on self-desalination".
In this regard, he applauded "the change of criteria of the island government in now allowing the activity of private desalination plants", and stressed that "Ciudadanos has always been committed to allowing self-supply of hotel plants with a prior desalination fee", as he defended in the process of allegations to the island's Hydrological Plan.
In any case, "the island-level management of water desalination will remain the exclusive responsibility of the Lanzarote Water Consortium", which "may authorise private installations for self-consumption that comply with strict technical and environmental conditions", he declared.
In this sense, Perdomo pointed out that "public coffers will see a substantial increase in their income thanks to desalination fees", and pointed out that "this will have a positive impact on public infrastructures and on improving the quality of life of all Lanzarote residents".
He also recalled that "the authorisation of the Montaña Roja desalination plant has paved the way for the rest of the plants to regularise their situation", and for them to "be able to work in accordance with the Canary Islands Water Law and with full guarantee".
Finally, the Cs councillor indicated that "Ciudadanos has always warned the president of the Lanzarote Cabildo, Pedro San Ginés (CC), that the prohibition of self-consumption desalination plants was unconstitutional", and it seems that, finally, "all the trials and legal difficulties he has had to face have opened his eyes to enter the path of legality with respect to water management".
