The Minister of Agriculture and Water, Antonio Cerdá, the mayor of Lorca, Framcisco Jódar, and the councilman of Water and Environment of the City of Lorca, Melchor Morales, have set up the treatment plants in the population centers of the provincial Lorca Almendricos, The Parish and Zarzadilla of Totana.
The drainage works completed under the implementation of new collectors and three sewage treatment plants, such as "total oxidation" or "extended aeration, and length of the corresponding collecting drains, leading to all wastewater produced in the population center to the new treatment plant.
Jodar said that "with the facilities implemented responds to a historical demand for these councils, avoiding the problems that had been made by the discharge into the public channels in the area, and pollution of aquifers."
The Mayor also stressed that "through these works will facilitate the reuse of treated wastewater for irrigation use, to 202,575 m3 per year."
"In this land where water is a scarce and essential, we continue with our project to reuse the best use of resources," Morales said.
Specifically Almendricos treatment plant will serve a population of 1,788, with an annual capacity of 120.815m3.
For its part Zarzadilla facilities of Totana and Parish to 493 people attend and treated 40,880 m3 each.
The Minister of Agriculture and Water, Antonio Cerdá, said Lorca "will enter the twenty-first century sanitation and cleansing" through actions framed in an "ambitious" comprehensive plan to improve water management in the municipality and will provide resources to agriculture in the area.
Murcia counselor noted that this infrastructure 'is one of many actions being undertaken in the municipality lorquino for efficient water management, within the drainage and treatment program that "will reach 50 million euros, an amount twice that originally anticipated. "
Under this plan, the Minister of Agriculture said that "we are developing works to expand the plant in La Hoya tertiary treatment system."
He also recalled that this project includes other actions of cleansing in the councils of Coy, Avilés and Doña Inés, which will be completed with the creation of the collection network and treatment for the villages of Librilleras, Ramonete, Morata, Ugejar, Campo Lopez, The Bell-Escarihuela, Las Terreras, The Wire, Torrealvilla, Zuniga, The Beautiful and The Channels.
The project also includes the connection to the municipal general sanitation systems in urban areas of the nuns and Rosales, in the deputation of Purias; Waterproof Serafin, the deputation of Marchena; Bridge Botero in the deputation of Campillo, nuclei Arrebatacapas, Columns Road and Camino de las Minas in the council of Rio, and finally, in the Palm Zarcilla deputation from the core of the corner of Carranza.
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On the other hand, the Minister of Agriculture and Water in Lorca said that the Ministry will support the tanning sector "in order to achieve sustainable development that respects the environment."
Cerda made the remarks at the opening ceremony of the 'Conference on the treatment of wastewater from the tanning industry', organized by Esamur and the city of Lorca, which was also attended by mayor.
The responsible regional highlighted in his speech that "Lorca is home tanning" for his "long history and tradition" that has that sector in the municipality.
Said during his speech that modern industrial processes used in tanning "are complex and require special care to bring their waste, both liquid and solid, to the increasingly high standards of environmental law."
In this regard, he announced that will explore the feasibility of a project to "locate a landfill in the municipality of Lorca to deposit waste from the tanning industry."
Day falls within the framework of the cooperation agreement signed at the time by the Lorca Tanning Association, the local council and the Ministry of Agriculture.
Its aim is to define the current scenario, through the various presentations and discussions, and take the appropriate conclusions for sanitation and wastewater purification.
City Council Technical Esamur Lorca and shall include the formal and legal framework for sanitation and waste water purification of the tanning sector in the industrial area of Serrata.
Also described the drainage and treatment facilities available, functioning, problems and associated costs.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca