ACIPA brings a proposal to the September plenary to sign agreements with the Community of Madrid to finance the improvement of the sewage network, burdened by decades of lack of investment and episodes of flooding.
The Independent Citizens' Group for Aranjuez (ACIPA) has presented a proposal for the September 2026 plenary in which it requests that the City Council sign agreements with the Community of Madrid to improve the sewage and drainage network of the city. The text denounces that the collector network has been dragging capacity problems for decades and that no structural solution has been undertaken.
The group recalls that as early as 2017, after a downpour that overflowed collectors and cracked the pavement in the lower part of Postas Street, it warned that the situation was worse than in 1990. Among the factors cited are the abandonment of the management of the Mar de Ontígola dam by the State Heritage, the waterproofing of soils in the floodplain of the stream, and the urbanisation of the final part of the Ontígola basin, now occupied by the Gonzalo Chacón industrial estate.
The document notes that the network has scarce sections, poor distribution of drains, and the presence of trees whose roots block or divert the conduits. This is compounded by runoff from the southern hills, with steep gradients between areas such as Sóforas, Artes, or the upper part of Foso and lower areas like Mariblanca or Avenida de Palacio, causing water to surface instead of draining away.
The lack of own resources has hindered the implementation of structural regeneration projects for our network, whether to alleviate its own problems or those generated by runoff
ACIPA recalls that about 20 years ago, when the Local Land and Housing Society SAVIA existed, the drafting of the Guidelines Project for the Management of Sewage and Rainwater Collection Services was awarded in April 2007 to Train Estudios y Proyectos, at a cost of 110,000 euros and a two-month deadline. In 2012, a second phase was commissioned to outline the actions and their development phases, but the economic crisis prevented their execution.
The document also points to pumping station number 1, located in the old Spanish Guards Barracks, a property included in the Red List of Heritage, as another critical point of the network. The proposal will be debated in the municipal plenary in September 2026.
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