Olhão Council’s municipal company, Ambiolhão, is said to have budgeted around €3.5 million to rid Armona, the Ria Formosa island set in a natural park, of hundreds of domestic septic tanks.
Despite having charged property owners for years for water supply and sewage treatment, only water has been supplied. An estimated 800 properties are linked to individual septic tanks as no foul water network has ever been installed on the island.
"The tender for the work should be launched in the second quarter of this year," said António Pina, president of the municipality.
This contract has a planned duration of 15 months and a main objective of eliminating the existing septic tanks, the construction of pipe network and three pumping stations.
As for the water supply, the current network, "is already old with losses of more than 50%," explained Pina, so it will have to be replaced.
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Or straight out to sea?
part of the quote is for pumping stations. Guessing, but this will either pump into a holding tank for emptying or the waste will be piped to the new ETAR to the west of Olhao. If I fond out, I'll let you know
Eerm, because they are legally registered and people live in them...?
Why not fund re-written school history text books that stress that "Contra os Bretões" was never intended to be taken seriously. So helping today's Portuguese youngsters, if not their parents and grandparents, fast forward 130 years.