The Valencian Regional Government asks the central government for "technical rigor" in the decisions regarding the water transfer.

The regional secretary of Agriculture, Water, Livestock, and Fisheries of the Generalitat Valenciana, Vicente Tejedo, has defended that Spain cannot afford "water unsolidarity nor can it make decisions without listening to the parties involved, especially the irrigators." After attending, along with the director general of Water and Rural Development, Sabina Goretti Galindo, the meeting of the National Water Council held today in Madrid, Tejedo has demanded that "any decision related to the Tajo-Segura transfer be made with the prior participation of the affected autonomous communities and the irrigators." The regional secretary has pointed out that "water is a matter of state, therefore, the decisions must also be of state," which "demands technical rigor, real participation, and institutional loyalty." Along these lines, he has insisted that "before deciding, one must listen to all parties." In the same way, he has warned that "the patience of the farmers from Alicante, Murcia, ...