The Mancomunidad de Municipios de la Costa del Sol Oriental (Association of Municipalities of the Costa del Sol East) has written to the Nerja Council to remind them that, according to an agreement made in 1993 and subsequently ratified on several occasions, the management of any future water treatment plant will be the responsibility of the Mancomunidad.
Plants in Rincón, Vélez, Algarrobo and Torrox are already under the management of the Mancomunidad and they believe that the central control helps reduce costs and increases efficiency.
However, the Mayor of Nerja, José Alberto Armijo, denies there was any such agreement made.