Government Maintains the Price of Alqueva's Water and Removes Reduced Tariffs
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The government's failure "to update the tariff framework applicable to the use of water in agriculture" and seeks to introduce "more flexibility in the use of water".
Joint decree maintains contracted water price but eliminates previous discounts. The measure aims to guarantee the sustainability of Alqueva and penalize inefficient water use. Farmers served by the Alqueva Multipurpose Project (EFMA) will not experience increases in the price of water, provided they remain within the contracted volumes. This guarantee was given by the Government through a new joint decree which, in addition to freezing the basi…
Before the contracted guarantor you can use at 125% of the volume per culture, but additional consumption has increased the rate.
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