Oswaldo Betancort received the first official visit from the Minister of Water of the Government of the Canary Islands Manuel Miranda, after he assumed the Ministry of Territorial Policy and Water of the Canarian Executive presided over by Fernando Clavijo.
This first meeting served to convey to the person in charge "the delicate situation that Lanzarote and La Graciosa are going through, whose current supply network suffers losses of more than 56%, in addition to interruptions in the supply that are affecting the population, among other needs for infrastructure improvements that will be communicated this week in a press conference."
Oswaldo Betancort thanked the willingness shown in this first institutional visit in which "the need for urgent investment in the islands' water supply network and exquisite coordination between the bodies involved" was addressed.
The counselor learned firsthand about the "situation of the integral water cycle on the Island and visited the Díaz Rijo Desalination Plant", among other facilities, in addition to expressing his "firm commitment to respond as soon as possible to the demands not met to date."
"The objective is to establish a roadmap that allows us to jointly address the water situation and its emergency, designing an 'Island Hydrological Plan' that promotes and encourages improvements to desalination and treatment plant facilities, and the improvement of applicable technology to solve a historical problem with foresight," explained the Minister of Water of the Cabildo, Domingo Cejas.
The Cabildo of Lanzarote, through the Water Consortium and the Island Water Council, and in coordination with Canal Gestión, will present a "plan of action that includes the investments that will be carried out at the island level, as well as the requests and financing that must be attended to by the Government of the Canary Islands", in particular, by the general directorate in charge of programming hydraulic infrastructures in accordance with the forecasts, objectives and priorities of the corresponding plan, "prepare its project and undertake its financing and execution."
