Ourique: Municipal Assembly approves accession water supply partnership.
The Ourique Municipal Assembly approved the municipality's membership of the regional public partnership for water supply and sanitation in low waste water.
The Municipal Assembly approved Ourique, majority, adherence to a private-public partnership to manage the distribution of water and sanitation of waste water at low, as there is in the distribution of high water.
The proposal approved unanimously in the Municipality of Ourique, with the votes of PS and PSD, He continued to have the favorable vote of the PS in the Municipal Assembly, but had the abstention of three elected PSD and vote against the CDU.
In a statement to Ourique municipality raises the question: “Because it takes a new Public Partnership for water supply in low and for the improvement of waste water?”, Remembering that “all have the notion that water is a vital to living things and is a scarce natural element”.
According to the local authority, water flowing from taps is provided by the Public for high waters of Alentejo SA, that results from a public partnership of Ãguas de Portugal and the municipalities of Baixo Alentejo, organized in association
Municipalities for the Management of Public Water Alentejo.
This association and public partnership for the management of water above the municipal level were created in 2009, reminiscent of the Town Hall “with the agreement and the praise of all parties with municipal responsibilities”.
Water is a public good. It would be managed by a public entity. And it has been well managed, with various investments and sustainability of supply.
Therefore, the water we have in the taps is provided by the Public for high waters of Alentejo and the low supply systems of each municipality.
The supply is low, by rule, old and has a high level of water loss in distribution. Are losses of 40%, 50% or 60% by disruptions and weaknesses of the system. The water does not reach the consumers, Lose the way, but the city paid to the supplier for high. It is a waste of resources, water and public money.
For environmental reasons, rational use of water and proper management of public resources are needed major investments to improve the network supply and sanitation wastewater.
The municipality of Ourique justifies “alone can not access EU funds to improve their network, alone does not have the financial resources to make the necessary investments, without unbalancing the municipal accounts. Integrated in this public partnership, with Ãguas de Portugal and the other municipalities in the Alentejo, Ourique can already submit applications and make the necessary works”.
It is concerned, increase the reliability of water supply system: Ourique, Nova da Favela village, Santa Luzia, Hail, Tower and Milestones.
It is concerned, increase the reliability of wastewater sanitation: Garvão / Funcheira, Ourique, Chada Velha, Santa Luzia, Fitos and Jonathan Vaz.
The Municipality chaired by Marcelo Guerreiro argues that “3 LIES ABOUT THE REPEATED PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP TO CLARIFY THAT MATTERS IS FALSE THAT THERE IS A LOW IN PRIVATIZATION OF WATER SUPPLY”
The partnership is public-public (Ãguas de Portugal + Lower Alentejo municipalities). there will always 51% of shares held by public bodies. It's like in the public partnership in the distribution of high water. In ten years, It happened some privatization of the partnership established in 2009?
It is FALSE THAT THE CREATION OF A POSSIBLE PARTNERSHIP MEAN WATER PRICE INCREASE.
The Regulatory ERSAR-Entity of Water and Waste Services is who gives guidance for setting tariffs. With or without partnership, water prices tend to undergo adjustments, and there is a user pays logic. In this context, if we continue to have a water loss 40% a 60%, the municipality pay more for water and we can not benefit from gains in the efficient use of this vital resource.
It is FALSE THAT WORKERS OF MUNICIPAL SERVICES INTEGRATION OF WATER AND SANITATION IN THE NEW ENTITY OF PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP NO WARRANTIES OR HAVE LOST SOCIAL RIGHTS.
The model of public-public partnership provides for the protection of the rights of workers who will be integrated in the new company, such as municipal heritage of water supply and sanitation continue to be owned by the municipality. Only the management is done by the new public entity.
