Planning, Projects and Works
Aguas de Murcia, in addition to the management of the Water Supply and Sanitation Service, as the driving company of the Circular Economy Strategy of the Municipality of Murcia, is entrusted with the fundamental task of analysing and studying the needs of the supply, sewer system (waste and rainwater) and urban irrigation network of the municipality, as well as their execution.
The planning document in which the actions, projects and works to meet the challenges in water matters are specified and programmed is the Aguas de Murcia ACTION PLAN.
Action Plan 2024-2027
The 2024-2027 Action Plan includes a total of 90 actions in the area of the complete water cycle (supply, sanitation and purification), highlighting the following:
- The 2024-2027 Action Plan includes a global investment of more than 22 million euros.
- More than 50 % of the global investment of the Action Plan (12 million euros) is located in the districts.
- The investments in the works of supply and sanitation networks are valued at 11.08 million euros, which represents 49.5 % of the Action Plan.
The actions have been defined in line with the Circular Economy Strategy of the Municipality of Murcia and the objectives of the Aguas de Murcia Strategic Plan for the Comprehensive Management of the Water Cycle, responding to the challenge of adaptation to climate change and sustainability, thinking in "Converting Murcia into a circular and sustainable municipality", with the following scheme:
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Actions to highlight according to the main Strategic Lines
- Extensions and renewals of supply, thereby promoting the circular economy through actions that allow to extend the useful life of the drinking water network, improving the reliability and continuity of the service by reducing possible leaks and breakdowns and by the structural improvement of the hydraulic infrastructures. The actions of "Renewal of the supply and sanitation networks in Street Diego de Almagro, San José de la Vega", " Renewal of the supply and sanitation networks in Street Taller, San José de la Vega", "Renewal of the supply network in Street Vicente Medina, El Bojar Beniaján" and "Renewal of the supply network in severals streets of the neighborhood Los Almendros, La Alberca" stand out.
- Extensions and renovations of sanitation systems, optimising the sanitation service and resulting in significant benefits for the population of the municipality of Murcia, such as the provision of sanitation services to areas that lack them, extension of the useful life of the sanitation network, improvement of the reliability and continuity of the service by reducing potential breakdowns. Highlighting the "New Sanitation Collector Project in Cañadas de San Pedro, Murcia" which includes the installation and commissioning of a sanitation network in the urban area of Cañadas de San Pedro and the towns of Monteblanco and Brugarolas, in coordination with the execution of the future wastewater treatment plant in Cañadas de San Pedro and its final collector by the regional administration.
- Adaptation of the quality of the wastewater, in view of the new legal requirements and without limiting the current treatment capacity, through the "Sand filtration stage at the Contraparada wastewater treatment plant. Phase 1 (Civil Works), in Javalí Viejo".
- Coordination of actions with the City Council, with the sustainable management of urban flooding through actions for the "Improvement of urban drainage in Murcia and its districts", as well as the "Renewal of infrastructures by coordination of municipal paving actions", such as the renewal of networks and connections associated with the municipal project of the San Andrés Green Corridor.
- Environmental improvement and protection of urban areas by adapting the discharge points in episodes of rain to the legal requirements of Royal Decree 665/2023 and the digitalization and monitoring of water quality parameters.
- Journey towards energy self-sufficiency and green transition with investment in renewable energy, through the installation of photovoltaic energy for self-consumption in EMUASA facilities, achieving associated benefits such as reducing the environmental impact of the service reducing the carbon footprint and improving energy self-sufficiency.