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Photo: Diari de Tarragona<\/p>\n
On 24 August 2019, the Diari de Tarragona<\/span> publishes a report on the municipalities in the Baix Camp that still do not have a wastewater treatment plant.<\/p>\n At that time, twelve municipalities are in this situation, including Pratdip<\/span>.<\/p>\n The report shows, however, that the situations differ: some municipalities use a treatment plant located elsewhere, while others have only limited treatment before wastewater is discharged.<\/p>\n In Pratdip, the mayor at the time, Joan M. Rovira, explains that treatment is carried out in a basin before the water is discharged into the ravine. The report does not, however, describe this system in detail or specifically address the situation in Planas del Rey.<\/span><\/p>\n According to the Diari de Tarragona, twelve municipalities in the Baix Camp do not have a wastewater treatment plant at that time:<\/p>\n The absence of a treatment plant within a municipality does not necessarily mean that wastewater is discharged untreated. Almoster and Castellvell del Camp, for example, use the treatment plant in Reus.<\/p>\n Regarding Pratdip, the mayor at the time, Joan M. Rovira<\/span>, tells the Diari that wastewater is treated in a basin before being discharged into the ravine.<\/p>\n The report does not, however, provide a technical description of this system. It does not specify how it operates, its capacity or the level of treatment achieved.<\/p>\n What it mainly establishes is that in August 2019, Pratdip is listed among the Baix Camp municipalities considered not to have a wastewater treatment plant<\/span>.<\/p>\n The article places this situation in a broader context.<\/p>\n According to the local officials interviewed, the construction of wastewater treatment plants depends in particular on the planning and investment of the Ag\u00e8ncia Catalana de l\u2019Aigua (ACA)<\/span>.<\/p>\n Joaquim Calatayud, then president of the Consell Comarcal del Baix Camp, refers to the financial difficulties experienced by the ACA in previous years and to delays affecting several sanitation projects.<\/p>\n The report therefore highlights the technical and financial difficulties that small municipalities can face in developing this type of infrastructure.<\/p>\n The Diari also visits several municipalities to observe some discharge points.<\/p>\n
\nTwelve Baix Camp municipalities affected<\/h2>\n
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\nIn Pratdip, treatment before discharge into the ravine<\/h2>\n
\nAn issue that goes beyond small municipalities<\/h2>\n
\nEnvironmental consequences observed elsewhere in the Baix Camp<\/h2>\n