The Provincial Council grants 993,479 euros for hydraulic infrastructure in 26 municipalities

The Provincial Council of Alicante has resolved line B of the 2026 call for grants to local entities for water supply and sanitation hydraulic infrastructures, with a total distribution of 993,479.21 euros among 26 municipalities in the province. The decision was adopted via presidential decree number 2026-4944, dated October 31, 2026, and published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Alicante (BOP) number 214, dated November 10, 2026, in section III. Local Administration (announcement 8590/2026). The granted amount almost exhausts the maximum credit for the line, set at 1,000,000 euros.

The origin: April plenary agreement and October proposal

Line B subsidizes the initial installation, renovation, or major repair of hydraulic infrastructures executed by the municipalities themselves, while line A is intended for repairs. The call was approved by the Plenary of the Council in an ordinary session on April 1, 2026, and published in BOP number 66, dated April 9, 2026; the eighth point of that plenary agreement authorized the president to resolve.

The file was processed with reports from the Valuation Commission, the Service Head of the Water Cycle Department, and the Provincial Funds Audit, and with the resolution proposal PR/2026/5646, dated October 27, 2026. The subsidy percentages are set based on the number of inhabitants of each requesting entity.

Distribution figures

The approved distribution is structured as follows:

• Maximum credit of the line: 1,000,000.00 euros.
• Total granted: 993,479.21 euros; the remaining 6,520.79 euros is considered insufficient to meet further requests.
• Fiscal year 2026: 149,021.87 euros, charged to application 29.4521.7620300 of the provincial budget.
• Fiscal year 2027: 844,457.34 euros, charged to the corresponding application of next year’s budget.
• Applied percentages: 100% in most small municipalities, 80% in others, and weighted percentages in those with larger populations (for example, 59.2838% in Callosa de Segura, 52.9473% in Cañada, and 89.4787% in Orxeta, with subsidies capped at 9,000 euros and 51,000 euros).

Among the funded actions are the meshing of the drinking water network in La Huerta and Extremadura of Agost (file 2026/091-IACH), with a budget of 39,926.18 euros and 80% subsidized; the improvement of the hydraulic performance of the low-pressure network of Agres (100%, file 2026/063-IACH); the rehabilitation of the Cerro de la Virgen reservoir in Biar (80%, file 2026/060-IACH); the collector of Llibertat Street in the Bonalba area of Busot (file 2026/013-IACH), and the renovation of the supply network in Camí de Sirvent in La Torre de les Maçanes (100%, file 2026/035-IACH). Reservoirs and filtration equipment for water treatment plants in municipalities such as Benifato, Benimarfull, L’Alqueria d’Asnar, and Relleu, as well as the installation of pressure reducing valves in Tàrbena (file 2026/111-IACH), are also subsidized.

Rejected requests and excluded works

The resolution does not only grant: it also orders the exclusion of requests for various reasons, all of which are detailed in the annexes:

• Annex III: a request from Ondara (registration 2026-E-RE-19117), for 22,155.91 euros, because it does not consist of the execution of public works but rather the supply of material to the commercial entity managing the service.
• Annex IV: five requests dismissed because the same applicant has already been granted another subsidy in the same line (Alcoleja, Alcosser, Benimantell, Benimarfull, and Hondón de los Frailes).
• Annex V: twelve requests withdrawn due to lack of correction, including those from Aspe, Benifato, Benilloba, Biar, Callosa de Segura, Castalla, La Vall d’Alcalà, La Vall de Gallinera, Penàguila, Quatretondeta, and the EATIM de La Xara.
• Annex VI: a extensive list of requests dismissed due to lack of credit, among which stands out that of Aspe to renovate the general DN300 intake of the Uchel reservoir, with a budget of 432,947.09 euros.

The Provincial Council reminds that it does not subsidize the VAT incurred when it is deductible, in accordance with article 31.8 of the General Subsidies Law 38/2003, of November 17. Beneficiaries must send the award certificate and, if there are cancellations, the proportional part of the expenditure allocation will be annulled.

Deadlines, publicity, and appeals

The deadline to execute the works ends on August 31, 2027, the deadline for the reception of the work or the document proving its execution according to section 14.5.b) of the call. City councils must publicize the subsidy received (notice board, electronic office, website, construction sign, or social networks) and prove it when justifying the expenses.

Notification is carried out by publication in the BOP, pursuant to Article 45.1.b) of Law 39/2015, of October 1. Against the resolution, which exhausts the administrative route, an optional appeal for reversal may be filed within one month, or a contentious-administrative appeal within two months before the Court of First Instance of Alacant/Alicante.

The impact is direct for residents of small municipalities, many of which have old water networks and little capacity for own investment: the Provincial Council covers up to one hundred percent of the renovation of pipes, tanks, and water purification equipment that would otherwise hardly be feasible, although the available one million euros excludes larger-scale projects such as the Aspe pipeline.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Alicante, No. 214, of November 10, 2026, Section III. Local Administration, page 1 (official reference: 8590/2026).