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The basin organization has also initiated the demarcation of the Rambla de Biznaga, critical to draw the right bank Guadalentin Valley
Foreclosed geotechnical studies of new dams Nogalte wadi, La Torrecilla and Béjar
The Segura basin (CHS) under the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, presented today in Lorca advances in the General Plan Flood Defense against High Guadalentin, an action program launched after the flood St. Wenceslas, which hit the region just a year ago, the September 28, 2012.
CHS President, Miguel Angel Ródenas, and the mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar this morning visited the home of one of the projects included in this plan, hundreds of dams that mark out the Rambla del Salt and Luchena River in Marsh header Lorca Bridges.
Investment in the construction of the dikes is 1.2 million euros, financed by ERDF funds from the European Union.
Your goal is to stop the force of water flowing into the dam lorquina when strong rains, and showed all its virulence in September last year.
Bridges Reservoir, along with that of Valdeinferno, represented a strategic value flood defense to stop a wave of almost 2,000 cubic meters per second Guadalentin dragging the river and would have caused a catastrophe in the town of Lorca.
In addition, work will be undertaken recovery Luchena riverbed, seriously affected by erosion from torrential streams.
Both actions serve to make more effective flood control at the top of Bridges, reduce the transport of sediment and the force with which the water comes to the swamp.
The boundary of the Rambla de Biznaga is another of the projects included in the plan increased social demand.
This action will improve the drainage of the great plain of Lorca field, which remained flooded for several weeks after the flood because of the loss of its natural course.
The award of the demarcation of Barrel Cactus, recently launched an investment of 228,000 euros, and field work are already underway with visits to the area and meetings with affected associations.
In addition, tasks are planned conditioning Maria and Chico rivers, which are included respectively in the system Valdeinfierno dams and bridges.
The Confederation invest in these proceedings 2.2 million euros, also co-financed by ERDF funds and completing and improving flood defense in Guadalentin header.
On the other hand, the CHS is about to complete the construction of eleven large dams at the head of the Rambla de Nogalte avenues laminating affecting populations of Velez Rubio Almeria, Pulpí and Cuevas de Almanzora in Almeria and Puerto Lumbreras and Lorca in Murcia.
The Nogalte boardwalk last year reached 2,500 points cubic meters per second, a phenomenon that these small dams modular help.
The cost of the dams has risen to 4.6 million, with the help of ERDF funds.
At the same time, the Confederation has completed the elaboration of hazard maps in flood areas associated with floods in the entire basin of the Segura.
Have been studied and mapped 1,285 miles of runway.
One of the most developed areas has been affected by the flood of St. Wenceslas.
It is an essential tool for the administration of the territory, and to plan for the future management of flood risk.
New mill dams
The General Plan of the High Guadalentin Defense also includes technical feasibility studies and benefits of the availability of a set of new dams located in the wadis flowing into the Guadalentin.
They have already begun geotechnical studies wadi dams Nogalte, La Torrecilla and Béjar, the first step in the process of its construction.
Follow the Strait and Lebor, and the Puntarrón and mulberry trees.
4 million in urgent repairs channels
Also, remember that the CHS has invested around € 4 million in emergency repairs that were done in riverbeds and streams in the affected area straight after the flood, to ensure the hydraulic capacity to new rainfall.
AHIS enhancements and header reservoirs and the World Safe
Already in a scenario that transcends Guadalentin region, the Confederation has also undertaken an expansion of the Automatic Hydrological Information System (AHIS), a set of interconnected sensors that provide real-time control of rivers and reservoirs in the basin.
With an investment of 1.2 million euros, AHIS network has increased in ten control points located in mill dams whose supervision was far lower.
In total the system will count as 130 control points and 257 measurement points for controlling electronically over a thousand variables.
Finally, the improvements that have been applied in various infrastructure CHS since last year also reach reservoirs header of the River Segura and Mundo, where they concentrate most of the water reserves of the basin.
The Confederation has invested 3.7 million euros in maintenance and upgrading of safety features and drain bodies to maintain the operation of these large dams.
Source: CHS
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