The Junta authorises almost €9.7 million to treat wastewater in Albox, Lúcar and Alcóntar
The Junta’s Governing Council authorises the spending to contract wastewater treatment for Albox, Lúcar and Alcóntar, with works planned between 2027 and 2029.
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The Andalusian regional government (Junta de Andalucía) has authorised almost €9.7 million for wastewater treatment works in Albox, Lúcar and Alcóntar. The Governing Council (Consejo de Gobierno) gave the green light on Friday 30 October to the spending to contract this work, which the Junta plans to carry out between 2027 and 2029, as reported by the Andalusian government.
The three Valley towns are part of a package of nearly €34 million for five treatment works promoted by the regional ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development. The other two are in Huelva, in Ayamonte and El Rompido, and total around €24.3 million.
What will be done in each town
- Albox: around €7.5 million to put out to tender the grouping of discharges and a wastewater treatment plant (EDAR) for several settlements in the municipality.
- Lúcar: just over €1 million for the same infrastructure, in this case for the village and its outlying districts.
- Alcóntar: a new EDAR (treatment plant), with an investment of more than €1 million.
Grouping discharges means bringing together the wastewater from several settlements through collector sewers so that it can be treated together at a single treatment plant. The Junta has not, for now, specified which settlements in Albox or which outlying districts of Lúcar will be included.
Who pays for it
The works have been declared to be of interest to the autonomous community and are paid for with the canon de mejora (improvement levy), the regional tax charged on water bills precisely to fund water infrastructure such as this.
Why it matters
Wastewater treatment is one of those services that go unseen but that shape life in a town: what goes down the drains of homes has to be treated before it returns to ramblas (dry riverbeds) and watercourses. And in municipalities whose population is spread across several settlements, such as Albox or Lúcar with their outlying districts, bringing sanitation to all residents is more complicated and more expensive. For towns fighting not to lose population, having basic services that are up to standard is part of that fight.
With the spending now authorised, the next step will be the tender for each project, a timetable that the Junta has not specified either.
