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Clean water at Almardà Beach

A project by residents of Almardà Beach

What do we want?

Drinking water

With the future supply of drinking water from Aigües de Sagunt, we will no longer have to buy huge quantities of bottled water from supermarkets, we won't have to carry heavy bottles, and above all, we will save money. Undoubtedly, the cost of water from our well is cheaper than water from Sagunto, but for many families, the savings gained from access to drinking water could offset the additional expense per year in just one or two months (more details about costs on another page of this website).

We want to sell the well to the Sagunto City Council, and once that's done, Aigües de Sagunt will supply us with drinking water. With Aigües de Sagunt taking over, we'll benefit from their excellent, reliable facilities—because they can't afford to fail. A hospital, clinics, huge factories, and numerous schools depend on this company. We've had a meeting with the city council, and they confirmed that by purchasing the well and assuming responsibility for the pipe network, they would be obligated to replace most of the old pipes, and their plan is to complete this within four years. The remaining pipes would be replaced over the following four years. These upgrades require significant funding, which only a large company like Aigües de Sagunt can provide. The company's management understands this clearly: sending teams of engineers to continuously repair old pipes in Almardà isn't economically viable. In the long run, it's cheaper to tear up the street and lay new pipes, thus eliminating endless repairs. This practice is impossible for Aguas de Almardà – the costs would be immense and beyond the budget of this small association. It's important to remember that several streets in Almardà (for example, Avenida de la Marjal and Avenida de Italia) already have pipes belonging to Aigües de Sagunt, and it would be relatively easy to connect the residents of these streets to these existing pipes. The residents of Almardà are well aware that certain streets are notorious for frequent leaks (for example, Calle Burjassot, Calle Alemania, etc.), and these streets, vulnerable to bursts, would undoubtedly be the first to be renovated with new pipes. One of the major problems in Almardà is that repairing a leak often requires shutting off the water supply to several industrial parks simultaneously. A few days ago, a pipe repair on Alemania Street required cutting off the water supply to industrial parks C and D. To resolve this, Aigües de Sagunt will carry out rapid upgrades to the network so that only the affected street needs to be closed for repairs, eliminating the need to shut off water to entire industrial parks. In short, the frequency of water outages will be reduced to less than 5% of what we experience today. We will be able to live peacefully and without disruption, just like our neighbors already connected to Aigües de Sagunt.

The end of water cuts

Every year the water supply for the residents of Almardà deteriorates dramatically. About ten years ago, the water would only be cut off for a few hours in the summer—that's no longer the case. In August of this year, we suffered water cuts on seven different days (on one of them we were without water for more than a day and a half). This is unbearable, and things get worse every year. Most of the cuts were caused by problems with the infrastructure, which is very old and prone to breakdowns (this summer it broke down due to a severe summer storm, and then we suffered water cuts every night for weeks). Another vacation ruined by repeated water outages.

How to get it?

Are you tired of the regular water cuts in Almardà? Register your support for our project below.

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