The Environment and Infrastructure Minister, Vicente Martínez Mus, has announced a new pumping station in Pilar de la Horadada, with a planned investment of two point five million euros. This development follows the Generalitat’s success in unblocking a project that has been awaited by locals since twenty sixteen. Martínez Mus highlighted the project as a significant advance in modernising the municipality’s hydraulic infrastructure.

During a technical meeting in Pilar de la Horadada, alongside local mayor José María Pérez, Martínez Mus emphasised that collaboration between the Generalitat and the municipality has been crucial. The local council has provided the necessary land for construction, which aims to ensure efficient and sustainable water supply while addressing the area’s growing demand.

The Water Waste Treatment Public Entity (EPSAR) is set to cover one hundred per cent of the costs for the new Mil Palmeras pumping station, totalling two million five hundred thirty-two thousand three hundred seventy-two euros. The project is fully designed and ready for tender, with the construction anticipated to commence in twenty twenty-five, expected to take a year to complete.

The current Mil Palmeras pumping station operates at one hundred sixty-nine point three cubic metres per hour, but projections indicate that wastewater generation is expected to rise to six hundred thirty-seven cubic metres per hour in the near future. Consequently, the construction of a new pumping station with a capacity of four hundred thirty-four cubic metres per hour is deemed essential. This initiative represents a decisive step towards a sustainable future for Pilar de la Horadada’s residents.