The wastewater treatment facilities in Tenerife will be operational in November, despite being promised in July.

The Los Letrados treatment plant in Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife), which is intended to help with sewerage in the south of the island, will not be operational until November at the earliest. Although it was previously said that it would be launched in July.

According to Acuaes, technically everything was ready back in December last year.

But there are two problems: a permit is needed from the Ministry of Ecology of the Canary Islands to discharge water into the sea, and work on pumping treated water has not yet been completed.

The ministry says that everything is going according to plan, and the launch was always planned for November. Although July was mentioned earlier.

These treatment facilities are an important part of the sewerage system in the south of the island. They will be able to treat up to 10,000 cubic meters of wastewater per day, coming from places like El Médano, La Tejita and San Isidro. This water will be turned into technical water, which can be used to irrigate fields and parks. Also, thanks to the connection to the Santa Cruz-Valle San Lorenzo pipeline, treated water can be pumped to the San Isidro pool.

This project, which was commissioned in 2021 and cost 31 million euros, includes not only the treatment facilities themselves, but also 10 kilometers of collectors and 8.5 kilometers of pipeline from the coast to the station. In June, special membranes were installed for water purification, which is a complex and important stage.

Blanca Pérez, the councilor for environmental issues, noted that the launch of these treatment facilities will significantly reduce the amount of discharges into the sea, especially near Granadilla, where there have always been problems with sewerage. She said that this will help to completely stop the discharges.