San Andrés del Rabanedo sets the final water and sewage rates

The City Council of San Andrés del Rabanedo (León) has published the full text of Fiscal Ordinance number 6, regulating the sewage maintenance fee, and Fiscal Ordinance number 7, regulating the drinking water supply fee. Final approval took place during the ordinary session of the Plenary on October 29, 2026, dismissing the allegations presented, and the announcement appears in the Official Gazette of the Province of León number 213, dated November 10, 2026 (reference BOP-LE-2026-213009).

The modification had received provisional approval in the Plenary on July 30, 2026, and was published in the Official Gazette of the Province number 149, dated August 7, 2026, as well as on the municipal notice board. Once the public information process was exhausted without the claims being upheld, the agreement was made final in accordance with article 17.3 of Royal Legislative Decree 2/2004, of March 5, which approves the Revised Text of the Law Regulating Local Treasuries. The text was signed in San Andrés del Rabanedo on November 5, 2026, by the mayor Ana María Fernández Caurel.

Service fee and water consumption blocks

Ordinance 7 establishes a fixed availability fee for the Municipal Water Service of 11.24 euros per quarter and user for domestic use. Consumption is billed in quarterly blocks:

• From 0 to 10 m³: 0.53 €/m³
• From 11 to 25 m³: 1.00 €/m³
• From 26 to 45 m³: 1.25 €/m³
• For each m³ exceeding 45 m³: 1.50 €/m³

For industrial use, the service fee amounts to 22.36 euros per quarter, with brackets of 1.00 €/m³ up to 25 m³, 1.57 €/m³ between 26 and 45 m³, and 1.67 €/m³ above 45 m³. Recreational properties, swimming pools, and wineries pay a fee of 11.24 euros and 1.25 €/m³ up to 15 m³ and 1.74 €/m³ thereafter. Supply to municipalities or neighborhood councils is settled at 0.60 €/m³.

The connection license costs 53.36 euros per home, industry, or premises, and the first service contract is charged at 0.57 €/m² of useful surface area for domestic use and 0.86 €/m² for industrial and construction; subsequent contracts are charged at 0.42 €/m². When the supply is not requested by the owner, a deposit of 35.00 euros is required for homes and 70.00 euros in other cases.

Sewage: 5.24 euros per quarter and 0.18 per cubic meter

Ordinance 6 establishes a fixed service fee of 5.24 euros per quarter and user for domestic use, plus 0.18 €/m³ measured in the drinking water rate. For industrial use, the fee is 6.99 euros per quarter and the price is 0.25 €/m³. The connection license to the sanitation network is charged once per dwelling, establishment, or premises at a rate of 69.76 euros. Those who consume water without a meter or without registration with the Water Service will pay a flat minimum of 11.70 euros per quarter.

Sewerage fees are collected together with the drinking water bills. In Ferral del Bernesga and Villabalter, where the supply is handled by their respective neighborhood councils, the settlement is carried out directly based on the consumption data provided by those entities.

Reductions of up to 50% for families with precarious resources

Both ordinances incorporate a fee reduction of up to 50% for family units with precarious economic resources. The requirements are to reside and be registered in the municipality at least six months prior to the application and to prove insufficient income:

• One person: income not exceeding 75% of the minimum interprofessional wage (SMI)
• Two people: up to 100% of the SMI
• More than two: the SMI plus 10,000 pesetas for each dependent starting from the second member

As correcting indices, 80% of the rent for leased housing is deducted, and ownership of other properties is valued negatively. The application is submitted to the Social Services offices via a standardized request addressed to the mayor, with a one-month window open at the beginning of the year; the benefit lasts one year, is renewable, and the file must be redone every five years. The resolution corresponds to the Mayor-President and, in the case of water, an administrative appeal may be filed within 15 days.

Validity and sanctioning regime

The two ordinances take effect from the day following their publication in the Official Provincial Gazette and remain in force until their express modification or repeal. The drinking water rate applies to the entire municipal area except in cases where the service is provided by the neighborhood councils of Ferral del Bernesga and Villabalter.

The sanctioning regime provides for fines from 7.00 to 70.00 euros for breaking seals, tampering with meters, or obstructing readings, and double the defrauded amount in cases of water use without a license, diversion to non-contracted uses, or alteration of installations to avoid passing through the meter.

The change affects all subscribers in the municipality, who will see the new fees applied to their quarterly billing, and establishes by ordinance the prices for the integrated water cycle following a procedure that accumulated neighborhood objections which were dismissed by the Plenary.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of León, no. 213, November 10, 2026, Section I, pp. 43-60 (official reference: BOP-LE-2026-213009).