Puebla de Sanabria reviews water, purification, and sewage rates due to a tie

The Plenary of the Puebla de Sanabria City Council approved on November 11, 2026, the partial modification of the fiscal ordinances regulating the water distribution fee, the wastewater treatment fee, and the sewerage service fee. The agreement was passed with the casting vote of the Mayor-President, José Fernández Blanco, after the vote ended in a tie. The announcement is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Zamora No. 133, corresponding to Friday, November 13, 2026, in section III. Local Administration, with the official reference R-202602661.

A tie resolved by the casting vote

The plenary session was held on November 11, 2026, and the agreement is processed under file 518/2026. According to the published text, in the first vote, there were three votes in favor, three against, and two abstentions. As the tie persisted in the second vote, approval was determined by the mayor’s casting vote, as stated in the announcement signed in Puebla de Sanabria on November 11, 2026.

The approval is provisional. The agreement affects three different fiscal ordinances and modifies Article 6 of each, relating to the tax quota. The new tariff tables will apply to all service users, with differentiated treatment by user type and by consumption brackets measured in cubic meters per quarter.

The new water supply tariffs

The approved table for the water distribution fee sets the following amounts:

• Connection to the supply network: 66.75 euros per dwelling or premises.
• Quarterly fixed fee: 1.8503 euros.
• Minimum consumption of 18 cubic meters per quarter: 8.9849 euros.
• Block 1, from 18 to 50 cubic meters per quarter: 0.8698 euros/m³.
• Block 2, from 50 to 100 cubic meters per quarter: 0.9647 euros/m³.
• Block 3, above 100 cubic meters per quarter: 1.2019 euros/m³.

An additional fee for the service of the Puebla de Sanabria and Castellanos DWTP (Drinking Water Treatment Plant) is added to that table, applicable to users supplied by that facility based on the cubic meters actually consumed in each billing period. The fee is 0.20 euros/m³ for domestic users and 0.70 euros/m³ for industrial users.

Treatment and sewerage

In the wastewater treatment fee, a distinction is made between domestic users and industrial, commercial, and construction users. For the former, the quarterly fixed fee is 1.8503 euros, the minimum consumption of 18 cubic meters is charged at 7.6513 euros, Block 1 at 0.9488 euros/m³, Block 2 at 1.1070 euros/m³, and Block 3 at 1.2810 euros/m³.

For industrial, commercial, and construction users, the quarterly fixed fee remains at 1.8503 euros, the minimum consumption amounts to 16.6661 euros, and the variable brackets are set at 1.2019 euros/m³ for block 1, 1.4075 euros/m³ for block 2, and 1.6289 euros/m³ for block 3. Regarding the sewerage service rate, the connection to the sanitation network is set at 66.75 euros per dwelling, premises, or industry; the quarterly fixed fee in Puebla de Sanabria is 6.3259 euros per user, and for the remaining nuclei, it rises to 9.0456 euros per user.

Thirty business days for allegations

The fourth point of the agreement orders the modification to be displayed to the public via a notice on the municipal notice board for a period of thirty business days, counted from the day following the publication of the notice in the Official Gazette of the Province of Zamora. During this period, interested parties may examine the file and present any allegations they deem appropriate; the documentation will also be available on the municipal electronic office at the address puebladesanabria.sedelectronica.es.

The fifth point establishes that, if no claims are presented within that period, the agreement will be considered final, in application of article 17.3 of the Recast Text of the Law Regulating Local Treasuries, approved by Royal Legislative Decree 2/2004, of March 5. The agreement also empowers the Mayor’s Office to sign the documents related to this matter.

The revision affects the water bill of all residents of the municipality and its dependent nuclei, as the new prices are applied by consumption blocks and not only to large consumers. Until the closing of the period for allegations, any interested person may consult the file and question the tariff schedule before it is definitively fixed.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Zamora, no. 133, November 13, 2026, section III. Local Administration, pp. 33-34 (official reference: R-202602661).