In order to guarantee the supply of water to all families and individuals who need it and prevent the supply company, Hidrogea, to cut water for possible non-payment or debts of users, the Department of Social Services and Social Mediation has Budgets for the 2017 financial year, a line of 500,000 euros, which may be extended, if necessary, to close to 1.5 million euros, through other funds to meet different needs in the Family and The Minors.
In this way, the Councilor for Social Services and Social Mediation, Carmen Martín del Amor, guarantees the aid for water supplies to all families in the municipality of Cartagena who need it because they find themselves in a situation of economic precariousness or social exclusion.
No family with needs will suffer cuts of water because the City of Cartagena, through its Department of Social Services, is prepared to respond to the needs that arise in this matter, following the procedure established in the Municipal Ordinance Regulating Extraordinary Aids Of Social Services, approved last February of 2015, under the direction of the current Local Government Team, said Carmen Martín.
The sixteen Social Work Units (UTS), with their professionals in charge, destined in the different Districts and Diputaciones of the municipal term as well as in the Casco Urbano of Cartagena will be in charge of receiving the requests of those who need it and of issuing and processing The subsidies that are reported favorably by the social workers in accordance with the criteria established in the said Ordinance, in the same way as is usually done with any other type of assistance related to subsistence, education, health or other needs.
Finally, the technical commission responsible for approving social assistance usually meets every two weeks in order not to delay the granting of aid to families with limited resources.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena