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The contribution of this flow, in addition to alleviate or stabilize the extreme shortage that occurs in this area would improve the quality of existing groundwater, to be on sale with the external supply of water, salt levels in irrigation water, which have been concentrated by adverse weather conditions

Councilman and Water in the City of Lorca, Angel Mecca, reported that the city council through its plenary will approve a motion that makes clear the support of the City to the Community of Irrigators Campo Alto to the plight traversing community members and families who depend on agriculture and livestock for sustaining farms and crops to water shortages.

The mayor of Agriculture has predicted that the council has also decided to approve taking the character of necessity and utmost urgency from the municipal consumption a rate ranging between 10,000 and 15,000 cubic meters of water, on behalf of the Community of Irrigators Field Alto de Lorca, to help stabilize the pro-primary sector of the high districts of the municipality of Lorca, in the difficult situation.

This extraordinary flow will join the envelope periodically is supplied by the irrigators Lorca in order to reduce the salinity of the water and that this count with better conditions.

The contribution of this flow, in addition to alleviate or stabilize the extreme shortage that occurs in this area would improve the quality of existing groundwater, to be on sale with the external supply of water, salt levels in irrigation water, which have been concentrated by adverse weather conditions.

Mecca Angel explained that these measures have been reached following the presentation of a joint motion of all local groups on a proposal of the government team to address the establishment of extraordinary aid and of utmost urgency to alleviate the difficult situation the Community of Irrigators of Lorca Campo Alto.

Mecca Ruzafa stressed that the City Council, aware of the extraordinary importance of the primary sector in both economic and social level in the municipality, understands and supports the difficult situation being experienced by these community members and their families, just as it supports the LEADER and the ERDF strategy aims to contribute to the Europe 2020 strategy in achieving balanced regional development, including the creation and preservation of employment in rural areas.

It should be noted that the Community of Irrigators Campo Alto de Lorca, incorporated as Corporation Law attached to the Hydrographic Confederation of Segura, it has revealed to the City Council the grave situation they are going through their community members due to the shortage of water and salinated water from the wells of the Community.

This problem comes after wells farms farmers in the upper area of ​​Lorca, of which depend 40 families and more than 50 workers, to have dried up and water from the wells of the Community of Irrigators Campo have salinated high rainfall recorded by the few.

Ranchers, at this juncture, are doomed to close their farms and family ruin.

The main economic activity of the upper rural districts is based on agriculture, livestock and industrial sectors, and as necessary for the survival of the sector and the people that sit resource, it not only found in poor quality due to high salt content of irrigation water, but also scarcity and summer season starts, seems to indicate that this situation even more agonizing for the survival of more than 200,000 cattle and crops.

This situation of extreme urgency and necessity makes the Community of Irrigators Campo Alto seek support in public administration, and therefore in the city of Lorca, to try to reduce such devastating consequences, by applying an external supply of water with hoc basis, extraordinary and most urgent help alleviate or stabilize the difficult situation facing the sector.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca