The Puerto de la Cruz Council has completed the connection of the sewage network to the regional collector on Galeón Street, preventing the flows from La Vera and Las Dehesas from saturating the coastal pumping stations.
The Sustainable City area of the Puerto de la Cruz Council, led by councillor David Hernández, has announced the completion of the connection works of the municipal sewage network to the interceptor regional collector, at the intersection of Galeón and Bergantín streets. This action will allow discharges from La Vera and Las Dehesas to go directly to the regional treatment plant, without passing through the coastal pumping stations.
This intervention disconnects the sewage flows from La Vera, Las Adelfas, and the upper area of Los Frailes, preventing these waters from saturating the nearby pumping stations (EBAR) close to the coast. The new direct connection to the collector on Galeón Street eliminates the risk of direct discharges into the sea at Playa Chica and Playa Jardín, a particularly critical issue during rainy episodes.
The works began on 2 March 2026, with an initially planned duration of 14 weeks. However, the hardness of the terrain, the need to relocate discharge points, execute safety bypasses, and make various technical adjustments necessitated a request for an extension of the execution period on 26 May 2026, in order to ensure the proper completion of the project.
The connection has been carried out in accordance with the actions defined in the project for the "Disconnection of flows from the sewage network of La Vera, Las Adelfas, and the upper area of the Los Frailes urbanisation," for its direct discharge to the interceptor collector located on Galeón Street. The project included the execution of an overflow system that guarantees the incorporation solely of the fraction corresponding to wastewater, returning excess rainwater flows to the municipal network and preventing their incorporation into the regional system. Likewise, through this connection, only domestic wastewater will be incorporated.
The first deputy mayor, David Hernández, explains that this important action "will contribute to solving the problem at Playa Jardín, being one of the infrastructures that have not been executed in the last 30 years to improve the sanitation of the municipality and that we are now making a reality."
"With this action, we ensure that the discharges from La Vera, Las Adelfas, and the upper area of Los Frailes go directly to the regional treatment plant, avoiding overloading the coastal pumping stations and eliminating the risk of discharges into the sea at Playa Chica and Playa Jardín during rainy episodes," he assures.
The contract was initially awarded to the company Construcciones Elfidio Pérez for an amount of €126,526.71 (including IGIC). However, after the start of the works, it was necessary to process a modification of €62,204.65, which represented an increase of 49.16%, due to the emergence of unidentified municipal services during the demolition of the asphalt and excavation, as well as the adverse weather conditions recorded during the execution. These circumstances made it necessary to adapt the construction solution to ensure a minimum slope of 1.5% and preserve the integrity of the new sewage network.
This intervention has improved the design of the municipality's sewage network, directing the waters from the high areas by gravity directly to the Wastewater Treatment Plant (EDAR), without the need to pass through the pumping stations (EBAR). In this way, the flows that reach the EBAR will be smaller, reducing both energy consumption and the possibility of overflows to the environment due to excess flow during rainy episodes.
For the residents of Puerto de la Cruz, this work represents a significant advance in the management of the municipality's wastewater, especially in the areas of La Vera, Las Adelfas, and Los Frailes. The new infrastructure not only protects the coastline from discharges but also optimises the operation of the pumping stations, reducing their load and energy consumption.
Finally, Hernández adds that "this intervention is part of other actions promoted by the Sustainable City area, such as the completion of the sewage works on Nueva Street or the actions carried out in El Botánico, Aceviño Street, and surrounding roads, financed with a grant from the Cabildo de Tenerife, among others."
The work is now operational, marking a further step in improving the hydraulic infrastructures of the municipality, an issue pending for decades. The next steps include monitoring the proper functioning of the system during rainy episodes, which will be the definitive test to ensure that discharges into the sea are definitively eradicated.
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