Drinking and wastewater association Eisenach-Erbstromtal hoft on approval of credit | Eisenach

For the first time, the TAV would like to take out loans for investments again – provided the state gives the green light. In the drinking water sector, the association is aiming to invest around 640,000 euros in outside money and in wastewater with 3.34 million euros borrowed. Other, similarly large associations in Thuringia, according to the commercial director Grit Michael, raise 15 to 16 million euros annually for investments in the wastewater sector. In the area of ​​drinking water, the measures include the first construction phase of the Palmental development, plans for flood protection in Eisenach, the first construction phase of the drinking water network of Kälberfeld and Falken (An der alten Mühle) and the second construction phase of Theodor-Neubauer-Straße in Mosbach.

The budget for waste water provides for 11.71 million euros. “The investments are too little – we invest where it breaks down,” said Grit Michael in the works committee meeting. The depreciation of 2.6 million euros in the area of ​​drinking water next year is around 100,000 euros above the planned investment amount. “Unfortunately, we can only make lines that fly around our ears or where the drinking water lines urgently need to be strengthened,” says plant manager Peter Kahlenberg, hoping that Eisenach’s call for help will finally be heard in the state administration. When borrowing, the TAV financial planners assume a maximum of one percent interest over a term of 30 years. “Currently it is cheap to build. I know municipalities that even have to repay less than they took out as a loan, ”says Treffurt’s mayor Michael Reinz (non-party).

Refurbishment measures have priority in the planning

In the wastewater sector, Michael puts the income for the coming year at around 600,000 euros. The planned wastewater investments include the sewage treatment plant construction Scherbda (planning), the collector building Saurasen to Stedtfelder Straße (flood protection in Eisenach), the first construction section Marienstraße (Südstadt) and Falken (storage canal Mühlstraße). Furthermore, the deep channels that are already listed in the investment for drinking water are being renewed. The further construction of Thalbergstrasse (Thal / Kittelsthal) must be pushed. “It’s the last 180 meters. Then the street would be completely finished ”, lies the disappointment in the voice of the mayor of Ruhla, Gerald Slotosch (non-party). According to Kahlenberg, priority is given to projects with remediation orders that fall under the provisions of the Water Framework Directive and relate to flood protection in Eisenach. In 2021, the eight member municipalities will have to pay for losses from 2015 (wastewater). Of the almost 725,000 missing euros, Eisenach paid an allocation of 445,046 euros, Ruhla 57,504, Seebach 18,902, Wutha-Farnroda 66,702, Hörselberg-Hainich 31,287, Krauthausen 16,729, Creuzburg 24,479 and Treffurt 63,588.

The drinking water financial plan provides for annual income and expenditure of 5.1 million (2024) to 7.6 million (2020). In terms of wastewater, income and expenditure of 12.27 million (2022) to 13.78 million (2021) are planned.

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