The Council of Government has been informed about the opening of the bidding process for the project and construction of the sewage grouping and the new wastewater treatment plant (EDAR) in Almodóvar del Río, in the province of Córdoba. Specifically, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Rural Development has allocated a base bidding budget of 12.4 million euros for this project, which was declared of Interest to the Autonomous Community in 2010 along with other sanitation and purification initiatives in the Cordoba region.
In total, more than 14,500 residents of Almodóvar del Río will benefit from the project, where a wastewater treatment plant with a capacity of almost 3,200 cubic meters per day will be put into operation. As for the sewage grouping, the project includes the installation of a total of 12 sections of sewage collectors that, in total, exceed four kilometers in length. It also includes the commissioning of three pumping stations to propel the sewage through the pipelines.
On the other hand, the Council of Government has also been briefed on the report on the hydrological situation in Andalusia, which currently accumulates 6,880 cubic hectometers (hm3) of water after losing 103 hm3 (-0.86%) in the last seven days. Therefore, Andalusian reservoirs are at 57.5% of their total storage capacity, which is 11,966 hm3. Compared to last year, the current volume represents an increase of 2,103 hm3; while the increase is 867 hm3 compared to the decade’s average.
Analyzing the different hydrographic demarcations, a decrease of 76 hm3 (-0.95%) was observed in the Guadalquivir River in a week, reaching 4,575 hm3, a volume that represents 56.97% of its total capacity. Compared to the same date in 2024, there are currently 1,128 hm3 more water; and compared to the average of the last ten years, the increase is 639 hm3.
In the case of the Andalusian Mediterranean Basins, this demarcation accumulates a total of 657 hm3 (56.99%) after reducing its resources by 6 hm3 (-0.52%) in seven days. Compared to the same week last year, the report shows an increase of 298 hm3; and compared to the decade’s average, there are currently 73 hm3 more.
The Guadalete-Barbate Basin, on the other hand, experienced a decrease of 11 hm3 (-0.66%) in the last week, leaving the stored water at 857 hm3 (51.91%). This volume, however, means having 401 hm3 more than on the same date in 2024; and accumulating 32 hm3 more than the decade’s average.
Finally, the Tinto-Odiel-Piedras-Chanza demarcation is at 70.94% of its total capacity, with 791 hm3. This volume represents a decrease of 10 hm3 in the last week (-0.9%), but, on the contrary, reflects an increase of 276 hm3 compared to the same date last year. In terms of the average of the last seven years, the basin now accumulates 123 hm3 more.