García-Page emphasizes the “honesty, coherence, and perseverance” that have led to “the main hydraulic work of the entire autonomous journey”
The President of Castilla-La Mancha has urged “that no one uses the term water war again, which has been used here to make us conform”, while maintaining that “there has never been a war”, but rather “a legitimate and democratic struggle, one worth fighting for”.
“It is an immensely just work, of historical justice,” he summarized before reiterating that “we have always said that there is no problem with drinking water, wherever it goes, to Alicante or Murcia, there will never be a lack of water, at least as far as we can help” any territory, in favor of the “general interest”.
Almagro (Ciudad Real), July 3, 2025.- The President of Castilla-La Mancha highlighted this afternoon the “honesty, coherence, and perseverance” that have led to “the main hydraulic work of the entire autonomous journey”. This was stated during the presentation of the Calatrava Field Supply project from the La Manchega Plain System, through which “quality water will flow, but also an immense flow that, hopefully, will irrigate all politics,” he expressed.
“This will always be a symbol of the cost, in time, in energy, and of the values at stake,” continued the regional government leader, in what he described as “a happy day”, as today the details of the project that will guarantee water supply for domestic consumption to a population of 150,000 inhabitants in the province of Ciudad Real were revealed.
“It is an immensely just work, of historical justice,” he summarized at El Silo de Almagro in front of the municipal authorities who will benefit from this project in this province. Likewise, the President of Castilla-La Mancha emphasized that “for things like this” autonomy is essential, as well as “for the university, roads, or hospitals”.
“This was a work that had all the possibilities of not existing” and that “it had to be imagined first”, because “this work was possible because there is autonomy and autonomy put all its intelligence to find a solution,” he recalled.
Additionally, Emiliano García-Page considered that “it is almost poetic justice that the region can drink the same water that we allow and want to be drunk in the Levante” and that “it is tremendously just that this extends to other municipalities that didn’t even have another alternative, to top it off,” he added.
It was never a “water war”, but “a legitimate and democratic struggle”
Emiliano García-Page has urged “that no one uses the term water war again, which has been used here so that Castilla-La Mancha residents would shut up, conform, and swallow that the water continued to be taken elsewhere”. Therefore, he emphasized that “there has never been a war”, but rather “there has been a legitimate and democratic struggle, ones that are worth it” and “in which sometimes we have been alone as a government”.
At this point, he reiterated that, regarding water policy, “we have always said that there is no problem at all for drinking, or for population supply, wherever it goes, to Alicante or Murcia” and that “there will never be a lack of water, at least in what we can help,” any territory, in favor of the “general interest”.
In his speech, the regional government leader acknowledged that this work “justifies itself” by reaching “150,000 inhabitants who will have maximum water, and I would almost say, unparalleled quality”. In this regard, he emphasized that “quality is very important, especially with the times ahead and climate change, which will question supplies”.
On the doorstep of the 48th edition of the International Classic Theater Festival of Almagro
In the moments before inaugurating the 48th edition of the International Classic Theater Festival of Almagro, which begins this Thursday, the regional government leader praised this “event, which succeeds, has success, and extraordinary international recognition”.
Indeed, during these weeks Almagro becomes “the world capital of classic theater”, which is “a very beautiful example of defending what Spain is”, in a “friendly, cultural sense, and in defense of one of the important roots, long before identity conflicts,” he pointed out, for being “the culture that identifies us all as Spaniards”.
At El Silo de Almagro, which hosted this presentation, he was accompanied by the Vice President of the Junta, José Manuel Caballero; the Minister of Sustainable Development, Mercedes Gómez; the delegate of the Junta in Ciudad Real, Blanca Fernández; the President of the Provincial Council of Ciudad Real, Miguel Ángel Valverde; and the Mayor of this town, Francisco Ureña, among other municipal authorities.