New help for those affected by DANA in the province of Valencia. The Generalitat will subsidize the collection of water and waste rates that it manages directly to all citizens affected by the floods.
This has been agreed after the meeting of the Integrated Operational Coordination Center (CECOPI), which has unanimously agreed to request that all these charges be suspended managed by the different administrations and operating companies.
The Metropolitan Entity for Waste Treatment (EMTRE) and the Public Entity for Wastewater Sanitation of the Valencian Community (EPSAR) have already begun to manage the work to carry out this measure together with the staff of the Department of Environment, Infrastructure and Territory.
In this sense, it must be remembered that the EMTRE approved in its general assembly held in mid-October an increase of 23% on average for the year 2025 in the ‘Tamer rate’. This tax, which citizens pay through their water bill, taxes the provision of the metropolitan urban waste treatment and disposal service. On the other hand, the Valencia City Council also gave the green light to the “tax” of the garbage rate precisely on Tuesday, October 29, the day DANA devastated the province. Families will pay up to 272 euros per year per home for this tax.
The official bonus for these charges will materialize in a decree that will be approved in the coming days. On the other hand, the Department of Innovation, Industry, Commerce and Tourism has contacted the electricity and gas supply companies to interrupt or reduce the collection of these bills.
Direct aid from the Generalitat
This Tuesday, the Generalitat also opened the deadline for all those individuals who have lost essential goods and belongings due to the storm to request a direct subsidy of 6,000 euros per home.
The application may be submitted until December 16 in person at the post-emergency coordination offices created by the regional executive or at the offices preferably enabled in the locality in which the home is located. It can also be processed through the Generalitat Valenciana website.
Natural persons who have a home located in one of the municipalities affected by the storm and whose contents have been seriously damaged may be beneficiaries. Only one application for aid per housing can be submitted. and will be compatible with the aid that the Government of Spain has announced.
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