pipe running along beach area at La Manga |
The Minister of Agriculture and Water, Antonio Cerdá, mayor of San Javier, Juan Martinez and Water CEO Joaquin Griñán presented today at the City of San Javier a set of sanitation works in Santiago de la Ribera, La Manga and Grajuela included in the plan "Zero Discharge Sea Minor", which will involve a total investment of 6.5 million euros, with the aim of collecting "every drop" of sewage and rain for debugging and reuse.
The actions, financed 80 percent by the European Cohesion Fund and the remainder by the Autonomous Community, consisting of the construction of two storm tanks in Santiago de la Ribera to prevent the arrival of Mar Menor contaminated stormwater trawls in episodes of heavy rainfall.
One of the tanks is already awarded and whose works will start after the summer, will be built under the street parking Bernal, with an investment of 1.4 million euros.
The other storm tank complete the works already carried rainwater collection in the town by the General Air Academy, where the first tank that collects water in case of torrential floods will be built, which are the contain the elements likely to affect the lagoon for debugging before reaching the sea.
In this case the investment is 3.5 million euros.
Within the program of actions this morning, also highlights the improvement works in the collector system La Manga which to replace 1 mile from old sewer pipes and associated drainage wells that still run beach areas and could alter the health of beaches and bathing areas.
The work, which will involve an investment of 900,000 euros, and will begin construction after the summer, will consist of the removal of said pipe and replacing 800 meters of modern pipeline wastewater collected in coastal areas of the polygons L P and La Manga to be driven by already urbanized areas, the pumping wells.
The performances presented today in San Javier, which are complementary to the Plan of cleansing and purifying of the Region of Murcia, executed almost a hundred percent, explained the director, Antonio Cerdá, including construction, now completed, a collector 800metros The length in Grajuela crossing the highway and connects the area with the general system facilitating debugging that area of ​​town.
The mayor of San Javier, Juan Martinez thanked the huge investment of which will be the town of San Javier and stressed the importance that each of the actions will have for the entire municipality, to the neighbors, and to the Mar Menor.
Martinez shared the decision of the Ministry of the Mar Menor caring and make it safe from any possible contamination episode.
The emphasis on the purification of stormwater comes after 14 years of continuous work on the treatment of urban waste water, which the director Antonio Cerdá are already reusing almost entirely with the Plan of cleansing and purifying of the Region of Murcia practically concluded.
Cerda also recalled the work of the Autonomous Community of the sanitation system in La Manga deodorization to be optimized thanks to an agreement signed with the Polytechnic University of Cartagena to outline more accurately the precise amount of oxygen in the pipes to completely eliminate any odor.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier