Grants for water supply works in mountain huts

The grant is awarded to construct, extend or improve permanent water supply infrastructure for alpine huts, with the aim of countering the effects of climate change in the mountains.

The following works are therefore eligible:

• new construction;
• extraordinary maintenance or restoration;
• works on water intake structures;
• water supply pipelines and associated works (grit traps, inspection chambers, etc.);
• storage tanks;
• pumping systems, filtration, clarification and/or water treatment plants;
• transport of materials at height;

Temporary works and/or structures, including prefabricated ones, which are easily removable and intended to meet urgent and temporary needs, are therefore excluded.

The grant is awarded at a rate of 80 per cent of eligible expenditure and, in any event, subject to a cost limit of no less than 5,000.00 and no more than 150,000.00 euros.

Technical expenses, including social security contributions, are eligible up to a maximum of 10 per cent of the works, and contingencies up to a limit of 5 per cent of the works.

Properties benefiting from tax relief are subject to a restriction on their use for 15 years from the date of completion of the works.

Applications may be submitted by owners and managers of mountain huts listed in the register of mountaineering facilities of the Autonomous Province of Trento.

Applications for funding, completed using the appropriate forms, may be submitted to the Tourism Office or sent to the certified email address serv.turismo@pec.provincia.tn.it.  

The documentation to be submitted is as follows:

1. Application for a grant
2. Technical report
3. Completeproject in accordance with the planning permission required under town planning regulations
4. Detailedbill of quantities for the works or a detailed quotation from a supplier.

Applications for funding may be submitted from1 January to 31 March each year.