The City of San Javier has approved a 4.88% increase in the rate of drinking water, in order to update it as a result of rising water prices approved by the Commonwealth Taibilla Channel.
In this regard, the mayor of the municipality, Visitation Martinez, explained that last September the Commonwealth Taibilla Channels passed a 9.52 percent rise in the price of water, apply to the 79 municipalities of Murcia, Albacete and Alicante sourcing from this network.
So, has indicated that the City has had to make this increase 4.88% to adapt to the new price rate of water through the automatic application of a formula approved by the region for these cases.
Concerning the statements UPyD councilor, that Tilda this rise of "excessive and hidden", has clarified that the council has waived CPI apply the update at the expense of a drop in the canon to avoid entering a greater impact on citizens and in no way affects this increase revenue service concessionaire.
Visitation Martinez has denied that it is conducting a general increase in taxes, as only four ordinances were updated tax of the 30 that exist in the City.
In addition, the mayor has criticized the lack of rigor UPyD councilor because "competition to perform this update the price of water is delegated to the Local Government Board for years, it is not occult, but to fulfill with the procedure. "
He also pointed out that "the Commonwealth Taibilla Channel is an autonomous body attached to the Directorate General of Water, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, and not a public company as regional councilor says the opposition, proving once more ignorance on the functioning of government. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Pedro del Pinatar