The Minister of Agriculture and Water, Antonio Cerdá, accompanied by the mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, today made the cornerstone of the treatment plant Turrilla River, which will serve the districts and county high Coy, Doña Inés, La Paca, The Rincon Zarcilla, Las Terrenas, Aviles and Don Gonzalo.
This new infrastructure, with capacity to serve 9,000 people, treat more than half a million cubic meters of water per year.
The plant will be equipped with tertiary treatment, replacing the old sewage Zarcilla Ramos and La Paca, who currently have a treatment capacity "very limited," said Cerda.
Responsible for Agriculture said that the new treatment plant "complete purification system in the Northern area of ​​the garden of Lorca".
The Minister explained that these works "to dispose of treated water of much higher quality and environmentally improve the water system Guadalentin upper reaches of the river."
The infrastructure is an investment of 3.3 million euros, which will be financed by the Cohesion Fund of the European Union by 80 percent.
The works are part of the Comprehensive Wastewater Plan of Lorca, which, according to Cerda, "one of the main lines of action of the Ministry of Agriculture and Water to restore the wastewater for use in irrigation Lorca and protecting the environment harmful discharges environment. "
This action is "just one of the many that the regional government is making" in Lorca, which is running a "large network of drainage and treatment covering all their councils and districts to improve the quality of life and have water quality for use in the irrigated areas. "
Source: CARM