Overview

• The contingency plan will activate whenever Emergencias 112 issues heavy-rain or DANA alerts, sending two or three large tankers, pumps and Hidraqua crews to remove standing water.
• The protocol was set after a working meeting on August 19 to coordinate rapid storm response across the municipality.
• Alfafar reports it has waited about six months for TRAGSA and the central ministry to authorize reconstruction of the damaged sewer system.
• Mayor Juan Ramón Adsuara says the temporary plan is necessary to protect residents and presses for a definitive green light to start the repair works.
• With the September–October gota fría period approaching, local press notes the state’s €500 million sanitation fund has yet to be distributed to municipalities.