Intercollegiate Observatory defends infrastructure as one of the structural solutions against drought in Catalonia. Government defends that taking water by boat from Sagunto to Barcelona is the fastest and safest option to guarantee supply in the metropolitan area.

The project on which the engineers have worked involves joining the water network of the Tarragona Water Consortium and the Aguas Ter-Llobregat network. According to their calculations, the works would cost 275 million euros (expropriations and taxes apart) and would last about 32 weeks.