Overview
- Mayor M.ª José Catalá presented a 33‑measure program organized around resilience, modernization and sustainability to strengthen the city’s water system after last autumn’s DANA.
- Central to the plan is a second, independent supply network with four wells and four treatment plants drawing from a local aquifer to move beyond the current 48‑hour reserve limit.
- Emivasa and Universitat Politècnica de València studies deem the aquifer viable for up to 1,000 l/s, though the low‑pressure network now handles 300 l/s and must be expanded.
- The program targets renewal of aging arterial pipelines—the city’s “water highways”—including stretches under the new channel that were exposed as weak points during the flood.
- Measures include 27 km of low‑pressure expansion, emergency power generators, and reuse of roughly 55 hm³ from Pinedo’s EDAR and metro pumping for parks and Turia mouth regeneration, while financing and procurement specifics were not disclosed.