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Scientists, engineers and experts in the management of urban water systems arrived at the Second International Conference on 'Design, Construction, Monitoring and Control of Urban Water', held in the Algarve region in Portugal, are given to analyze , among other things, the recovery model of the network of water supply and sanitation launched in the urban regeneration of Lorca, being carried out by the Ministry of Development, Public Works and Planning.

Thus, technicians from different countries have known the consequences of the latest episodes of natural phenomena occurring in the region. Lorca earthquakes and floods in 2011, 2012 On the one hand, in the case of earthquakes, the damage concentrated in buildings, while in the case of floods following year the damage was more widespread, affecting a wide range of urban infrastructure.

It also assessed how the effects of the earthquake damage in 2011 generated networks of the city, which led to a poor response of urban water infrastructure during the floods of 2012.

On the other hand, discussed the process of urban planning of the works carried out by the Ministry, in coordination with the City of Lorca and through the European Investment Bank (EIB), to alleviate the damage caused by both natural disasters, following the structure of the neighborhoods of the town of Lorca, and the use of assessment methods of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) on flood risk.

This recovery process, in addition to repairing damaged infrastructure, help to improve the response of the city against possible future flooding.

Improvement of infrastructure

To restore and improve response infrastructure in the city, has planned an important collection of works of regeneration, through European funds from the EIB.

The works are mainly for repair of water supply and sanitation networks, as well as the construction of new flood control systems as collectors in the city.

The process has been developed through a detailed damage in underground networks throughout the city and in the assessment of flood risk in the urban area for different return periods study.

Source: CARM