Boat Water: two months to pay the third quarter without a surcharge

The Valdeorras Water Consortium has opened the voluntary payment period for the water supply fee, drains, wastewater treatment, meter maintenance, and water canon corresponding to the third quarter of 2026 in the municipality of Barco de Valdeorras. The announcement, signed in Ourense on October 30, 2026, by the president of the Provincial Deputation of Ourense, Luis Menor Pérez, is published in section I of the Official Gazette of the Province of Ourense on November 10, 2026 (official reference 353145). Subscribers in the municipality have two months to pay without a surcharge.

The collection is carried out in the exercise of the powers delegated by the city councils and assumed by the Provincial Corporation for tax and collection management. The announcement also serves as a collective notification of taxes collected periodically by receipt, in accordance with article 102.3 of the General Tax Law, such that publication in the gazette replaces individual notification.

Two-month deadline and where to pay

The voluntary payment period is two months starting from the day following the publication of the announcement in the BOP, that is, until January 11, 2027, according to the calculation established by the edict itself. Payment is made using the receipt-voucher that taxpayers receive at their home, on business days and during the usual hours of banking entities.

• Collaborating entity: any Abanca office.
• Consortium offices: Peña Trevinca street, 20, ground floor, in Barco de Valdeorras.
• Duplicates: at the Deputation Collection Offices, if the form does not arrive at the home address.
• Validity of payment: the form must be endorsed by mechanical printing or an authorized signature from the bank office.

The Consortium warns that not receiving the forms at home does not exempt the obligation to pay within the deadline, provided that the taxpayer appears on the collection lists.

Registers displayed for one month

By decree of the Presidency of the Deputation, issued on the same day as the announcement, the registers and collection lists were approved, which include the taxpayers, the taxable event, and the tax debt. These documents remain open to the public in the respective city councils and in the Consortium offices for one month from publication, for examination and the submission of allegations or claims.

Appeals against the liquidation

Against the data in the lists and the tax liquidation, interested parties may present:

• Appeal for reversal before the Presidency of the body, within one month from publication, in accordance with article 14.2 of Royal Legislative Decree 2/2004, which approves the consolidated text of the Law regulating local treasuries.
• Contentious-administrative appeal, within two months, following the prior communication provided for in article 110.3 of Law 30/1992.
• Economic-administrative claim before the Superior Treasury Board of the Autonomous Community of Galicia, within one month, solely regarding the repercussion of the water canon.

Both avenues of appeal cannot be used simultaneously, and their filing does not suspend the processing or the collection acts, unless the competent body so decides.

20% Surcharge and enforcement procedure

Receipts not paid within the voluntary period will incur an enforcement surcharge of 20%, 10%, or 5%, as applicable, in addition to late payment interest and procedural costs. The demand will be made through the enforcement procedure, in accordance with articles 28 and following of the General Tax Law and the General Collection Regulations.

In the specific case of the water canon, failure to pay during the voluntary period implies its demand via executive action, which will be carried out by the Ministry of Finance of the Xunta de Galicia. For any doubts, interested parties may visit the Consortium offices at rúa Peña Trevinca, 20, ground floor, in O Barco de Valdeorras, during office hours, or call 988 327 153.

The fee affects all subscribers in the municipality and arrives when summer consumption accumulates, making this announcement essential for household finances: those who let the two-month deadline pass will see their bill increase by between 5% and 20%, in addition to interest, and the non-payment of the canon opens the door to direct execution by the regional treasury.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Ourense, November 10, 2026, section I. Provincial Council of Ourense (official reference: 353145).