The Marina Baixa Water Consortium approves a budget of 14.7 million for the 2026 financial year

The General Assembly of the Marina Baixa Water Consortium unanimously approved the entity's budget for 2026 this morning in an extraordinary and urgent session. The budget totals €17,789,668, as detailed by the Consortium's director, Jaime Berenguer. This represents a 3.66% increase compared to the 2025 budget.

According to Berenguer, the increase is due to new investments and the fact that the debt cancellation plan is no longer in effect. Regarding expenses, one of the largest items will be Personnel costs, which rise by 3.89% to 9.87% of the total budget. The money allocated to water rights fees amounts to €1,325,625, around 9% of the total budget, and “decreases this year because the amortisation period for the Rabasa-Fenollar pipeline has ended, and no further payments are required.”

Electricity costs will represent 16.72% of the total budget, while, regarding external water supply, an expense has been set aside in case it becomes necessary to request the planned contribution of six cubic hectometers for next year. Furthermore, the Consortium Director announced that the bulk of infrastructure investments next year will be allocated to self-consumption installations, with a portion going towards expenses related to the future desalination plant project in Benidorm.

Today's session also approved the modification of the tax ordinance regulating the fee for the supply of water flows to the consortium municipalities, authorising the president of the entity to request a transfer of up to 6 Hm3 from the CHJ in 2026, as well as the collaboration agreement for the operation of the Rabasa-Fenollar-Amadorio pipeline between the Consortium and Acuamed.