Aragón proposes €22.2 million in aid for 29 irrigation modernization projects under the 2026 call for applications of the 2023-2027 CAP Strategic Plan. The provisional decision, published Wednesday in the Official Gazette of Aragón, sets out investments across the region’s three provinces to upgrade infrastructure, digitize networks, and improve pumping systems.
Irrigation modernization accounts for €14.31 million across six major projects
The largest allocation, totaling €14.31 million, is earmarked for six comprehensive irrigation modernization projects with budgets exceeding €250,000. The measures include initiatives promoted by the Comunidad de Herederos Regantes de Alcañiz and the Comunidad de Regantes de Valmuel, in Teruel.
The proposal also includes projects in Zaidín, Gurrea de Gállego, and San Esteban de Litera, in the province of Huesca, as well as an initiative by the Comunidad de Regantes número V de los Riegos de Bardenas, in Zaragoza.
These measures include the construction and upgrading of regulating reservoirs, the adaptation of water distribution networks, and the deployment of monitoring and digitalization systems. The projects also include photovoltaic facilities to power pumping systems.
Another €6.89 million will fund irrigation infrastructure upgrades
The provisional proposal sets aside a further €6.89 million for nine projects to improve and adapt irrigation infrastructure, each involving investment of more than €250,000. This group includes projects involving irrigation communities on the Margen Derecha del río Guadalope, Miedes, Guadalopillo, and the Canal de Calanda a Alcañiz.
The proposal also includes initiatives in Sarrión, the Junta Local de Aguas de Cella, and areas of Huesca such as Huerto and Binaced-Valcarca. These investments are supplemented by an allocation of nearly €1 million for another 14 smaller projects spread across Aragón’s three provinces.
Irrigation communities have five business days to file objections
The irrigation communities included in the proposal have five business days, starting from the day after the decision’s publication in the BOA, to submit objections. Once that period has elapsed, the administrative process will continue until a final decision is issued.
Final notification of the aid will be provided individually to beneficiaries. The call is part of the 2023-2027 CAP Strategic Plan, which supports the planned investment to modernize irrigation infrastructure in Aragón.
