This crucial investment will allow the replacement of two kilometers of a fiber-cement branch, built 60 years ago, which has presented constant breakage problems. The new infrastructure will significantly improve the supply of potable water to the city, which consumes approximately 10.3 cubic hectometers annually.

The project focuses on the renovation of a specific section of the northern branch that supplies the municipal area, located between Los Montesinos and El Chaparral, parallel to the CV-905 and between the two salt lagoons of Torrevieja and La Mata. The current 250-millimeter fiber-cement pipe will be replaced by a new 600-millimeter ductile iron pipe, with a total length of almost two kilometers.

The work also includes the installation of manholes, valves, air valves, and drains, as well as the crossing of the CV-945 road and the restoration of affected services, such as irrigation, farms, roads, and highways. The project report highlights that the Montesinos network, which supplies several municipalities in the Vega Baja, still has almost half of its pipelines made of fiber-cement, with an age of 60 years.

The section to be renovated is considered the most critical point of the pipeline, with frequent breakages that limit the flow during periods of high demand. Hydraulic calculations indicate that the replacement of this section will eliminate the main restriction of the system in Torrevieja, increasing the available flow in the reservoirs from 1,007 m³/hour to 1,272 m³/hour.

The General Directorate of Natural and Animal Environment of the Generalitat Valenciana has approved the action, considering it compatible with the environment if the planned preventive and corrective measures are applied. The work crosses a sensitive environment, included in the Special Conservation Zone (ZEC) and Special Protection Zone for Birds (ZEPA) of the Lagunas de la Mata y Torrevieja, as well as in the Natural Park of the Lagunas de la Mata y Torrevieja.