On Thursday 16th of April, the mayoress of Mijas, Ana Mata (PP), carried out a technical visit to the works to improve the water supply network in Osunillas, accompanied by the CEO of Acosol, Matilde Mancha, to check the start of the works and to verify the preparation of a site at the end of Calle Puerto Los Castillejos so that residents have adequate parking while the roadworks are underway. “This is a very important water supply project for the Osunillas area, where residents have faced problems for many months, particularly in summer, with a connection that was also obsolete and did not comply with the new regulations”, stated the mayoress. 

 

Acosol, the public water company under the Association of Municipalities of the Western Costa del Sol, has already begun comprehensive renovation works on the drinking water supply network in eight streets in Osunillas, with a budget of 751,000 euros funded by the infrastructure improvement levy agreed with the Mijas Town Hall.

For her part, the CEO of Acosol emphasised that residents and the service had already been “suffering from the deterioration of the fibre-cement pipes supplying the Osunillas area, which had numerous breakdowns, with all that this entails from an environmental perspective and in terms of leaks affecting residents”.

 

Specifically, the roads where work is taking place are Puerto El Pino, Puerto de la Media Luna, Puerto de los Pescadores, Puerto de las Grajas, Puerto Los Castillejos, Puerto de la Breña, Puerto Málaga and Pasaje Puerto Blanco, covering a total area of 1,958 square metres, with an execution period of five months. In total, 130 water connections are being installed.  “This project will improve the water supply in our municipality”, said the mayoress, adding that with it they are “moving forward to improve various infrastructures”.

 

The Town Hall considers this project “key to improving the municipality’s hydraulic infrastructure and optimising the service for local residents”.  It will involve the installation of a supply network consisting of ductile iron pipes with diameters of 200, 150 and 100 millimetres, to replace the current network of fibre cement and high-density polyethylene, with the layout of the new network running along the roadway alongside the respective kerbs. “These pipes will be laid in these eight streets, and this project will resolve the supply issue in the area”, said Mancha. 

 

Quality of service 

These works, the Town Hall explained, will represent a significant step forward in terms of sustainability, as “they will contribute to a more efficient use of water, reducing leaks and frequent breakdowns in the existing network. The modernisation of the distribution network will improve the quality of service for all residents”.

 

In this regard, the installation of this network will involve the demolition of the pavements on the affected streets. Therefore, they will be replaced with others of the same specifications, and the manholes and services affected by the works will also be restored, hence the importance of providing parking spaces. “We will ensure, as we have informed the company, that access to residents’ homes remains accessible so that they do not encounter any problems”, concluded the mayoress.

 

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