The infrastructure, intended for the Alto Aragón irrigation system, involved an investment of more than €100 million by the Ministry for the Ecological Transition (MITECO). Once these works, which have a budget of €3 million, are completed, the reservoir can begin to be filled by pumping, drawing on surplus water from the Gállego and Cinca rivers.
PP CALLS FOR INFORMATION ON THE TIMETABLE
Folch said that “the problem has been clearly identified: Almudévar needs to complete the electricity connection needed to power the pumps. Until that happens, the reservoir cannot begin filling and cannot provide the service for which it was built.” The lawmaker said he has raised the issue in Congress on several occasions and called for details on “what has already been completed, what work remains outstanding and whether the announced timetable is actually being maintained”.
For his part, provincial PP president Isaac Claver focused his criticism on the economic consequences of keeping an infrastructure of this scale out of service. “Since September 2024, we have had civil works capable of storing almost 170 cubic hectometres of water, yet today we still do not know for certain when it will be fully operational,” he said, adding that “every year that passes without Almudévar means losing regulation capacity and opportunities for our farmland and our economy”.
GOVERNMENT DELEGATION PUTS CONNECTION IN 2027
The Government Delegation said that the reservoir’s civil works were completed in September 2024 and that, in April 2025, MITECO, CHE and E-Distribución signed an agreement to begin the work needed to bring electricity to the dam and fill the reservoir. According to the information provided, the works have a budget of €3 million and an estimated completion period of 36 months, with possible completion during the first half of 2027.
The Delegation also noted that, amid global warming and recurring droughts, increasing the amount of stored water must be accompanied by measures to make irrigation more efficient and reduce its cost. In this regard, it maintains that the Spanish Government has mobilised more than €300 million over the past eight years for irrigation-modernisation projects in the province, and points out that the regional administration has instruments available for creating and modernising irrigation systems that are not being implemented.
