Water 4.9% more expensive in Solana de los Barros since January

The Solana de los Barros City Council has made public the update of the municipal water supply service rates for the 2027 fiscal year, which will result in a 4.9% increase. The announcement, processed as Announcement 4502/2026, is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Badajoz number 218, corresponding to Friday, November 13, 2026, within the Local Administration section.

The communication regarding the update was formulated by the service concessionaire company on October 23, 2026, and is signed by the Mayor-President, Diego Pérez García. The increase will apply to all household bills issued as of January 1, 2027.

The agreement of the Nogales Water Association

The origin of the increase lies in the agreement adopted by the Nogales Water Association (Mancomunidad de Agua de Nogales), which decided to increase the price of the water supply fee by the percentage increase of the Consumer Price Index corresponding to the next fiscal year.

For the calculation, the 4.9% variation of the CPI between September 2025 and September 2026 was taken as the base, a figure published by the National Statistics Institute (INE). Therefore, this is not a discretionary revision by the city council, but rather the automatic translation of the official indicator to the water bill.

The monthly fixed fee is set at 3,835.8643 euros

The published rate table shows the evolution of each concept between 2026 and 2027, applying the aforementioned 4.9%:

• Monthly fixed fee: from 3,656.6867 euros in 2026 to 3,835.8643 euros in 2027.
• Price per cubic meter: from 0.2566 to 0.2692 euros.
• Canon: from 0.0352 to 0.0369 euros.
• Total variable fee: from 0.2917 to 0.3060 euros per cubic meter.

In all cases, the announcement specifies that “the applicable VAT” must be added to the resulting amounts, meaning the final amount of the bill will be higher than the figures listed in the table.

Direct effect on the household bill

The new water price will affect all subscribers in the municipality, regardless of their consumption level, because the increase applies to both the fixed part—which is paid regardless of the liters used—and the variable part, calculated based on the cubic meters registered by the meter.

In the case of the variable fee, the price per cubic meter increases by 0.0126 euros, while the canon adds 0.0017 euros more per unit. The total variable fee goes from 0.2917 to 0.3060 euros, which represents 0.0143 euros more for each cubic meter consumed, before taxes.

The publication in the provincial gazette reports the communication sent by the concessionaire and the agreement of the association, without the announcement detailing a period for allegations or claims against the new rates.

The update arrives with the year 2027 already in sight and will affect all receipts for the fiscal year, meaning that the residents of Solana de los Barros will notice the price increase from the first billing in January. The document states that the applied variation is that of the year-on-year CPI, a criterion that links the evolution of the water bill to inflation and which, in a context of rising prices, translates into an added recurring cost for the municipality’s household economies.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Badajoz, no. 218, November 13, 2026, Local Administration, page 2 (official reference: Announcement 4502/2026).