The IBAL filed the request to capture water from the Corazón stream with a view to improving the supply in the city.
Leaving aside their political differences, this Wednesday The mayor of Ibagué, Johana Ximena Aranda, and Olga Lucía Alfonso Lanini metdirector of the Regional Autonomous Corporation of Tolima (Cortolima), to evaluate the project that seeks to improve the water service in the capital of Tolima.
This is the request for a surface water concession permit to begin collection processes in the Corazón stream. This initiative, if given free rein by the environmental authority, It would become an alternative source for supply in Ibagué.
Mayor Aranda explained that both entities They are working on revising the project with the intention of receiving approval. The request has already been filed by the Ibaguereña Aqueduct and Sewer Company (IBAL).
“We are already working on that redundant stream, on that substitute source, the Corazón stream, and we hope that it will be a reality very soon. All the commitment to comply with those observations that we have regarding this important project”, he expressed.
For his part, Alfonso Lanini announced that although the arguments presented by the Municipality in this petition are being analyzed, there is a will to give permission.
“Analyzing the request that the IBAL has already filed, doing the technical analyzes and requirements, but with the purpose of being able to grant the permits that the city requires for its development and to generate peace of mind for the community. It is an articulated and joint work,” added the official.
It is important to remember that during the administration of former mayor Andrés Fabián Hurtado, Cortolima denied this request, arguing that the creek It only has availability of 238 liters per second and the request was for more than 350exceeding its offer.
At the time the former president questioned the decision and assured that this would be the product of other interests.
The project that was filed on April 26 Its objective is to capture up to 231 liters in order to guarantee uninterrupted supplyespecially when there are emergencies at the Combeima intake.
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