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The increase in charges for the supply of drinking water in Cieza, recently approved by the full City Council to vote against all opposition, have placed the price of this service in the center of political controversy and public debate on our town.

In line with this discussion, councilors IU-Greens have wanted to publicly explain the reason for their rejection of the approved increase and their positions and proposals in relation to the management of this essential service.

Thus, through their councilor José Eduardo Illueca, this training has explained that "although the proposed increase is not too large compared to the rate that was being paid, it's the straw that breaks the camel: since increases are being continued in recent years, both the applied rate of consumption and on the fixed rate, the latter has increased by almost 100 100 in the last four years. "

Especially ecosocialists criticize that "in a context of declining consumption, increases affect everything in the flat fee or counter, ie, the minimum that we all pay but not get to open the tap, from the point of view of the company, is justified by the fall in revenues to lower the water consumption, but no doubt it is an antisocial rise because does not discriminate on the economic, and profoundly anti-ecological, to the extent that no incentive in the least water saving by the public and the industry. "

The company argues that despite the fee increases is deficient, ie, does not cover service costs, and so also said Tamayo before the full council.

In IU-Greens, however, disagree with this statement, "because the cost structure that reflects the study presented in Parliament is deeply irrational and is oriented to profit by the two partners, the City and its technology partner, Aquagest" .

So Illueca explains that "the technology partner billed to the company, by way of technical advice, all 5 100 annual income, and so along every year duration of the concession is a high number and does not seem to be justified, and that affects the fee to users, but is that the City charges an annual fee, which is even higher, and is now set to 240,000 euros, plus also benefit if passed scheduled for the same waters Cieza, which can reach up to 10 100 of the total estimated cost. "

It is not, in the opinion of Illueca of true costs of the service, "but amounts that benefit both the City Council as your partner and whose sum is so high that excels all the expense of personnel Waters Cieza allocated to water supply: in this way, as much as it is impossible climb rate is not deficient. "

As if that were not enough, "the social fund has been established to cover defaults by economic hardship, 50,000 euros, not detract municipal canon or profit, or 5 per 100 that is guaranteed TECHNOLOGICAL partner, but impact on the rate of new users, increasing it. "

It is a situation that comes from afar, "because the service and their rates spent many years working in this way, but as has happened with so many other things, the crisis has come to highlight contradictions and injustices that existed before but were hidden" .

And it's not easy to fix, "because the concessions are granted for decades and contracts with these conditions."

However, ecosocialists Cieza are clear that, in the future, "is indispensable to reconsider the basis on which the price of water is calculated in Cieza, since it is an essential first well, the supply must not be used to enrich or the City or private individuals or companies. "

Source: IU-verdes Cieza