San Justo de la Vega assumes full competence for water sanitation

The Plenary of the City Council of San Justo de la Vega (León) has agreed to fully assume the competence for water sanitation throughout the municipal district, including that which previously corresponded to the Neighborhood Council of San Justo de la Vega. The agreement is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of León no. 214, corresponding to Wednesday, November 11, 2026, on page 36 of 52, with the official reference BOP-LE-2026-214014. The decision concentrates the ownership of a service affecting the evacuation and treatment of wastewater for the entire municipality within the City Council.

The announcement is processed under electronic file 540/2026 and is signed by the mayor, Mr. Juan Carlos Rodríguez Rubio, dated November 8, 2026. The published text does not set deadlines for allegations or economic conditions for the service: it is limited to communicating the plenary agreement and justifying the municipal competence based on local government regulations. The publication in the official gazette constitutes the means of general knowledge of the agreement adopted by the municipal governing body.

What changes with the agreement

The City Council now acts as the sole holder of the sanitation competence across the entire municipal district, without exception for territorial areas. The following points are derived from the published text:

• The assumption of the water sanitation competence is “full.”
• The scope is the entire municipal district of San Justo de la Vega.
• The agreement expressly includes the area of the Neighborhood Council of San Justo de la Vega.
• The competence refers to the evacuation and treatment of wastewater, not to the drinking water supply, which is governed by its own ordinance and fee.

The change has direct effects on who provides the service and who charges the residents: as the competence is concentrated in the City Council, the relationship with sanitation subscribers no longer depends on the neighborhood council and now corresponds to the City Council.

The invoked legal basis

The agreement is supported by Law 7/1985, of April 2, Regulating the Bases of the Local Regime. The announcement cites two specific provisions as the foundation for the decision:

• Article 25.2 c): the municipality has its own competence in the domestic supply of drinking water and the evacuation and treatment of wastewater.
• Article 26.1 a): all municipalities, regardless of their size, must mandatorily provide the sewerage service.

Based on these grounds, the Plenary understands that the provision of sanitation corresponds to the municipality and that it can exercise it directly and extensively throughout its territory, including where the minor local entity previously operated. The text employs categorical language—“fully assume”—and does not contemplate formulas for delegation or shared management within the scope of sanitation.

Same bulletin, new water rate

The publication of the agreement coincides in the same issue of the bulletin with another announcement from the San Justo de la Vega City Council: the final approval of the modification of the Fiscal Ordinance Regulating the Water Supply Rate, reference BOP-LE-2026-214013, which the bulletin’s summary includes alongside the plenary agreement. That text details the current amounts for the drinking water service:

• Semi-annual service fee: 15 euros.
• Consumption from 0 to 50 m³: 0.45 €/m³; from 51 to 100 m³: 0.60 €/m³; from 101 to 200 m³: 0.75 €/m³; from 201 to 400 m³: 0.90 €/m³; over 400 m³: 1.00 €/m³.
• Supply connection fee per home or premises: 150 euros.
• Settlement via receipts for full calendar semesters.

This is the water supply rate, distinct from the sanitation rate, but their coincidence in the same bulletin outlines the complete framework in which the City Council organizes the management and billing of the water cycle services in the municipality.

Relevance for residents

The agreement settles a duplication of competencies in an essential service and leaves the responsibility for the sewage networks and wastewater treatment throughout the district, including the neighborhood council, in the hands of the City Council. Residents should note that the administration responsible for sanitation is changing and, predictably, so is the entity that will issue receipts and handle service incidents, while the water supply maintains its own ordinance and rates, published in the same issue of the provincial bulletin.

Source: Official Bulletin of the Province of León, no. 214, November 11, 2026, section I, page 36 (official reference: BOP-LE-2026-214014).