The entity, responsible for desalination, distribution, and sanitation in Lanzarote, has stated its intention to activate all appropriate legal avenues to protect its interests, without ruling out any jurisdiction or legal action. This announcement follows the call for the Water Consortium assembly, which will bring together the island's seven mayors and the island president, Oswaldo Betancort.
According to the company's account, contracted in 2013 with the mediation of the then president of the Cabildo, Pedro San Ginés, the option of transferring the service to a third party is not yet officially closed. This possibility, which would involve Sacyr and Aqualia, had been dismissed by the island's representation due to alleged breaches in the deadlines set to facilitate an exit.
Canal Gestión Lanzarote also attributes the poor state of much of the infrastructure to the opposing party. The company claims to have made and justified investments exceeding the amount required in the tender specifications, in addition to paying the initial fee and awarding contracts for urgent renovation and repair works. These investments, according to the company, were previously agreed upon, although many of them, twelve years later, are still awaiting recognition.
The island representation of Canal de Isabel II plans to activate, «with maximum forcefulness, all appropriate legal avenues to defend its interests, without excluding any jurisdiction or action that proceeds in Law».
The company points out that these circumstances contribute to the significant water losses in the network, which in 2025 reached 55.4% of the produced liquid, with similar percentages in previous years. Finally, Canal Gestión Lanzarote asserts that its economy has been harmed by over 40 million euros due to the lack of an upward revision of tariffs.
