La Lajita wastewater plant upgrade included in €20 million Canary Islands grant
Spain’s Council of Ministers has approved water infrastructure funding that includes the expansion and improvement of La Lajita’s wastewater treatment plant.
The expansion and improvement of La Lajita’s wastewater treatment plant in Pájara is among the projects included in a €20 million grant for water infrastructure in the Canary Islands, Fuerteventura’s PSOE party has said.
Spain’s Council of Ministers approved two direct grants of €20 million each, one for the Canary Islands and one for the Balearic Islands. The La Lajita project includes expansion, improvements and tertiary treatment, an additional stage of wastewater treatment. The amount allocated specifically to the plant was not stated.
The grants are intended to fund water supply, sanitation, treatment and reuse projects. They are backed by Spain’s 2025 state budget, extended into 2026, and are intended to continue support provided through grants in 2025.
Blas Acosta, secretary general of PSOE Fuerteventura, welcomed the decision and said the La Lajita project had been pursued by administrations and political representatives on the island and across the Canaries. He also credited minister Ángel Víctor Torres with a key role.
Other Canary Islands projects included in the funding cover all six other islands, ranging from water distribution improvements in Lanzarote to wastewater treatment work in Gran Canaria and Tenerife. The grants were justified by the islands’ geographical circumstances and scarcity of conventional water resources.