Grado submits new water and sewage rates for public consultation

The Grado City Council has opened the process to review what residents pay for water and sewage: the corporation’s Extraordinary Plenary, held on October 30, 2026, provisionally approved the modification of the two ordinances regulating both services. The announcement is published in the Official Gazette of the Principality of Asturias (BOPA) no. 219, dated November 12, 2026, with reference 2026-09127, and subjects the file to public exhibition for thirty business days.

The agreement is processed as a modification of the ordinances regulating the public non-tax patrimonial provision—that is, the tariffs charged for municipal services and not a tax figure. The procedure complies with Article 17 of Royal Legislative Decree 2/2004, of March 5, which approves the consolidated text of the Law Regulating Local Treasuries, which requires the public exhibition of the file before final approval.

Two ordinances and the same article

The initially approved reform affects the same precepts in both texts, so the change is applied symmetrically to the water supply and the sewage system:

• Ordinance 502, regulating the public non-tax patrimonial provision of the water service: Article 4, points 1 and 2, is modified.
• Ordinance 501, regulating the public non-tax patrimonial provision of the sewage service: Article 4, points 1 and 2, is also modified.
• The plenary agreement also includes the modification of the ordinances regulating the public non-tax patrimonial provision as a block.

Article 4 is the precept that establishes the elements of the tariff, therefore the review directly impacts the amount of the bills paid by the users of the council.

Thirty business days to examine and claim

The announcement grants a period of thirty business days, counted from the day following its publication in the Official Gazette of the Principality of Asturias, which occurred on November 12, 2026. During this period, interested parties may consult the file, which is deposited in the General Comptroller’s Office of the Grado City Council, and submit any claims they deem appropriate.

Final approval if there are no allegations

If no claims are submitted, the modification will be definitively approved once the full text of the ordinances is published in the Official Gazette of the Principality of Asturias. The announcement was signed in Grado on October 30, 2026, by the Mayor and is disseminated in section IV, Local Administration, of the regional gazette.

The council’s tariff calendar was already underway: the City Council approved and began collecting the tax rolls for water supply, sewerage, waste collection, and sanitation fees for the third quarter of 2026, according to the announcement published in the BOPA on October 29, 2026 (2026-08589).

The review of the ordinances arrives, therefore, just as the residents of Grado have received their third-quarter bills and before the fiscal year closes, meaning the appeals period is the only opportunity for service users to correct or dispute the proposal before it becomes final. The procedure affects the two basic services under municipal jurisdiction, and its result will be felt in every invoice of the next billing cycle.

Source: Official Gazette of the Principality of Asturias, no. 219 of November 12, 2026, section IV. Local Administration, page 1 (official reference: 2026-09127).