Sintra commits €2 million to water, sewage and waste collection upgrades

Sintra council will spend €2 million through its municipal water and sanitation services on three projects: rehabilitating the Terrugem reservoir, overhauling the Montelavar wastewater treatment plant and buying 750 more containers for separate waste collection. The Montelavar plant, running for over four decades and extended in 2005 for 18,000 residents, needs work on its first and second treatment lines. The works will serve Montelavar, Pêro Pinheiro and several nearby villages. The new containers, for paper, plastic, metal and glass, follow a recent €2.3 million purchase of 700 bins for mixed waste. The reservoir work continues a programme to cut water losses.