Daimiel opens the integrated water cycle ordinance for public exhibition

The Daimiel City Council has opened for public consultation, for a period of thirty days, the Non-fiscal Ordinance regulating the non-tax public patrimonial payment for the drinking water supply, sewerage, and purification service, as well as other services and activities linked to the integrated water cycle. The agreement was provisionally approved by the municipal Plenary in a session held on November 9, 2026, and the announcement, signed by Mayor Leopoldo Sierra Gallardo, is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Ciudad Real number 218, dated November 11, 2026, under announcement number 3674.

A non-tax figure for the water cycle

The regulation is not framed as a tax or a public price, but as a non-tax public patrimonial payment: the consideration that users pay for a service provided by the local Administration under a monopoly regime and which the law separates from the municipal tax system. The purpose of the ordinance is precisely to establish the regime for this consideration for the drinking water supply, sewerage, and purification, along with “other services and activities” that the municipality provides in relation to the integrated water cycle.

The announcement does not include the articulated text or the detail of the amounts, which are integrated into the administrative file. The City Council is processing the provisional approval under Article 49 of Law 7/1985, of April 2, regulating the Bases of Local Regime, a provision that requires agreements for the approval of ordinances and regulations to be submitted for public information before their final approval.

Thirty days to examine and claim

During the open period, interested parties may consult the file and submit any claims they deem appropriate. The schedule and location for consultation are as follows:

• Period: thirty days from the publication of the announcement in the Official Gazette of the Province of Ciudad Real.
• Location: municipal offices at Plaza de España number 1 in Daimiel.
• Hours: from 9:00 to 14:00, Monday to Friday.
• Object of consultation: the complete file of the ordinance, including the articulated text not reproduced in the announcement.

The publication warns that, if no claim is submitted, the agreement will be understood as definitively adopted without the need for a new plenary agreement. In other words, the initial approval is elevated to final approval by the silence of the allegations period.

A plenary with two regulatory files

The plenary session of November 9 was not limited to this ordinance. On the same day, the Plenary also provisionally approved the modification of several fiscal ordinances regulating fees, public prices, and taxes, processed in accordance with Article 17 of the Royal Legislative Decree 2/2004, of March 5, which approves the Revised Text of the Law Regulating Local Treasuries, and published in the same issue of the provincial bulletin. Among the figures affected by this second file are:

• The Municipal Cemetery fee.
• The fee for residential collection of garbage or urban solid waste.
• The fee for vehicle entry via sidewalks and reservations of public roads for parking and loading and unloading.
• The public price for the use of swimming pools, sports facilities, and similar services.
• The Property Tax (IBI).
• The Tax on the Increase in Value of Urban Land.

Both announcements share the same signing date, November 10, 2026, and were released in the same issue of the Official Provincial Bulletin, placing the municipal regulatory review in a single processing package.

Impact for residents

The ordinance reaches the Bulletin with a direct impact on the bills paid by households and businesses in Daimiel: it is the instrument that determines the payment for the water that comes out of the tap, that which is poured into the sewer, and that which is treated before returning to the environment. Since it is not a tax figure, its content must be approved through a specific ordinance and not through fiscal ordinances; therefore, the file now presented is the formal channel for residents and associations to influence the text before it is finalized. If no claims are made within thirty days, the regulation will be automatically approved.

Source: Official Provincial Bulletin of Ciudad Real, number 218, of November 11, 2026, section I (Local Administration, City Councils, Daimiel), page 10854 (official reference: announcement number 3674).