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The Session will present suggestions to the Provisional Outline Major Issues of the Demarcation Hydrologic Segura "to get water from the Tagus, the Ebro basin or other in order to remain competitive and livestock farms in the municipality."

The Water and Agriculture Aldermen of the City of Lorca, Melchor Morales and Angel Mecca, have announced this morning that the Consistory will present suggestions to the "Provisional Outline Major Issues of the Demarcation Hydrologic Segura, among which the request that contribute to the recovery of overexploited aquifers, compensating the farmers benefiting from these waters with transfers from other basins.

Morales explained that this document, prior to the development and adoption of the Hydrological Plan of the Segura River Basin District, states that the water from the desalination Eagles serve to replace the one being used in overexploited aquifers.

However, the council added that "apart from those waters would be insufficient, with costs having these waters, the production, especially of vegetables, which is our town would no longer be competitive, farmers would be forced to close companies deficit would be "

To avoid this, the Governing Board of the City Council approved tomorrow Lorca ask that these waters are transferred from other basins, "the Tagus, the Ebro or any other."

Melchor Morales recalled that "when it became the allocation of quota of water that corresponds to the Tajo-Segura Lorca, was given less than other areas, telling themselves that there were resources that no longer exist."

Angel Meca stressed that "we can not allow farmers and ranchers of our community have to bear such costs and are forced to make their farms viable.

From City Hall are always going to be next to the primary sector. "

In addition, the City has alleged that this document reduces the surface and the provision of agricultural demand units (Udas) in relation to the existing Water Plan Segura Basin, so the reality should be studied.

Finally, because of the importance of farming in many places it is necessary the construction of boreholes for the supply of cattle, the Hall has requested that land use is not authorized set out in the Water Act, may be sold for domestic use or livestock supply, despite being in overexploited aquifers, provided there are no other resources.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca