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The Consistory already approved in 2016 the reduction of up to 20% in all domestic consumption, directly favoring a total of 135,000 Murcia families.

Approved the Action Plan 2018-2020, with an investment of more than 17 million euros, which will involve the creation of about 800 direct jobs.

81.3% of the total amount of the Water Action Plan of Murcia will be used in works in districts.

The mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, chaired this morning the Board of Directors of the Municipal Water and Sanitation Company of Murcia SA, Emuasa, in which it has been agreed to request a study to reduce the current water rates and the elimination of the rate of discharge to the water table.

The Consistory already approved in 2016 the reduction of up to 20% of the price of water in all domestic consumption, directly favoring a total of 135,000 Murcia families.

The study for the reduction of the current rates will be presented in the next Board of Directors, together with the proposal to eliminate the rate of discharge to the water table, a measure promoted by the group Citizens in the Municipal Budgets.

Among the issues discussed also highlights the approval of the expansion of the Action Plan of the company for the triennium 2018-2020, for a total amount of 17.3 million euros, an investment that will involve the creation of about 800 direct jobs.

81.3% of the total amount of the Action Plan 2018-2019-2020 will be used in works in districts, leaving the remaining 18.7% to undertake the necessary interventions in the urban area.

The improvements and expansions of the sanitation and rainwater network will involve 53 works.

There will also be 29 actions on the supply network.

For its part, 4.8 million euros will be allocated to the improvement of facilities (pumping, deposits, etc.).

The works will be carried out in 34 districts and 69 streets of neighborhoods of Murcia, with the programming in mind that the neighborhood will not suffer discomfort or interruptions of service.

Likewise, and as a consequence of the interventions in the streets, a complete renovation of the asphalting will be carried out, which will affect 86,150 square meters.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia