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The Junta says it has been making "major efforts" to improve the sewage facilities

Susana Díaz also said that now, following a fine from the EU, the new government would "set to work" to complete all the outstanding sewage plants

FERNANDO TORRES

Friday, 27 July 2018, 09:36

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The president of the Junta de Andalucía, Susana Diaz, said this week that the regional government had made major efforts in terms of sewage treatment, because the previous Partido Popular government had failed to meet its responsibilities. She said she was also convinced that now, following the fine from the EU, the new government would "set to work" to complete all the outstanding sewage plants.

José Fiscal, the Junta's Minister of the Environment and Land Regulation, also referred to the fine at a press conference about the works on a new sewage plant in Villanueva del Trabuco.

"About 92 per cent of people in Malaga live in places which do treat their sewage, and the others are taking action. The matter hasn't been forgotten and it isn't being ignored," he insisted.

This week the Ministry for Ecological Transition issued a statement to announce a National Sewage Treatment Plan, which will also include effective water saving and reuse. The statement said the Ministry is concerned because "time has run out for Spain now, and it is obliged to pay this fine".

Greater capacity

The works on the new plant in Villanueva del Trabujo will mean that it can treat the waste of up to 6,000 inhaibtants.

The project, which is being financed by the Improvement Fund, includes the treatment plant and all its connections, a pumping station and impulsion pipes to move the waste water from the existing plant to the new one.

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