Pedro Sánchez visits Tedagua's desalination plants on the island of La Palma

The Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, visited last Friday the facilities of the desalination plants that Tedagua commissioned in record time to supply irrigation water for the region's crops. The Prime Minister was joined by Teresa Ribera, third Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, and Miguel Ángel Valbuena, Ecological Transition councilor to the Government of the Canary Islands.

The plants have a combined production capacity of 5,600 m3/day and were provided to the Government of the Canary Islands after the eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano, which left over 600 hectares of crops without water in the coastal region of Los Llanos de Aridane.

The Prime Minister and his entourage arrived aboard the Navy ship that is currently in charge of transporting farmers to their workplaces every day. After debarking they were received by representatives from Tedagua, later touring the facilities and seeing first hand the works undertaken in the region. 

This visit takes place after the commissioning of the plants on October 23. Thanks to the significant efforts by Tedagua's team, the ITC, the Government of the Canary Islands, the Local Government of La Palma and other stakeholders, the goal of producing irrigation water was accomplished in just 17 days. Generally, the average time required to commission this type of facility is usually 5 to 6 months, meaning that having been able to start supplying water in no more than 2 weeks is no small feat.