Segart, Camp de Morvedre: new sewage plant for €527,000, with works from early 2027
Segart, a Camp de Morvedre village inside the Sierra Calderona, will get a new €527,000 sewage treatment plant: the Valencian government will start works in early 2027 and they will last ten months.
The Valencian government (Generalitat) will build a new sewage treatment plant in Segart, a small municipality in the Camp de Morvedre district, with an investment of €527,000. Works start in early 2027 and are planned to last ten months, which puts the end of construction at the end of 2027 at the earliest.
The project was presented by Vicente Martínez Mus, third vice-president and regional minister (conseller) for the Environment, Infrastructure, Territory and Recovery, together with Segart's mayor, Francisco José Garriga; the regional secretary for Infrastructure, Javier Sendra; and the manager of EPSAR, the regional Public Entity for Wastewater Sanitation, José Aparicio. EPSAR is the body driving the project.
The new plant will replace the current one, which, according to the Valencian government, has limitations despite improvements made in recent years. It will be sized for an equivalent population of 300 people, more than the 180 residents the municipality has (2025 figure), because it must serve the town centre and the residential areas of Segart.
Spread across those 180 residents, the investment is about €2,900 per inhabitant.
The plant will sit in a protected area: Segart's municipal territory has been inside the Sierra Calderona natural park since January 2002. The Generalitat argues that the renewal will strengthen protection of the surroundings and improve the quality of the treated water. To limit the impact, the facility will include landscape integration, odour reduction and noise reduction measures.
On the technical side, the project adds more advanced treatment processes, better sludge management and automation and remote-control systems, which the Generalitat says will optimise operation and raise efficiency.
Martínez Mus said Segart had waited many years for this facility and called it 'a strategic action for Segart' because it combines better public services, environmental protection and territorial sustainability. The minister also stressed that the project clears the way for an infrastructure long on hold and allows progress towards development that respects the territory.
For residents, the practical change is in the air and the noise: the Generalitat's announcement explicitly mentions reduced odours and acoustic impact, but it does not give a start-up date, any change to the sanitation charge or what happens to the current plant during the works.
According to El Periódico de Aquí, with additional data from Wikipedia on Segart.