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The City Council of Puerto Lumbreras approved at the last plenary ask the Segura basin collecting all stormwater tributaries currently discharged into public waterways from networks storm evacuation of the town of Puerto Lumbreras.
This measure would be implemented through the execution of the works necessary for further concession to the Community of Irrigators of Puerto Lumbreras.
To that end, the City Council authorize the work, which would be framed in the Evacuation Plan and Utilization of rain.
The works would involve work performed from within the urban land, both to connect the different sub-urban stormwater or access to appropriate collection points within the network of drains.
The measure passed in the last plenary session of the City of Puerto Lumbreras with twelve votes in favor and four against.
Urban stormwater generated resource with little precipitation and have a number of features that make it particularly attractive water source because it is a renewable resource, clean, quasi-free and exceptional quality.
In addition, there has been a previous study that concluded that in Puerto Lumbreras, this measure would generate 1 Hm3/year taking into account that the explanatory report shows that urban land area of Puerto Lumbreras is 3.54120 million m2.
The mayor of Puerto Lumbreras, Pedro Antonio Sanchez, says the main purpose of this request is "medium-term collecting all stormwater tributaries of urban land in the locality and make them available to the Commonwealth of Puerto Lumbreras Irrigation and that the problem of water shortage significantly affects the potential development of agriculture, livestock, industrial and tourist town. "
The Mayor adds that "the lack of water, given the current economic and financial crisis becomes a heavy burden even more, as well as priority action is urgently needed from government in a coordinated manner to implement a resource and the collection and use of rainwater. "
In recent years, there have been some efforts to reach the redotación flow to the irrigation area of Puerto Lumbreras, most notably the commissioning of the new WWTP, timely capture of rainwater in the drainage points or occasional opening of dry wells.
Finally, the mayor of Puerto Lumbreras notes that "in the town has been more pronounced the problem of water due to lack of funding the Tajo-Segura Diversions, despite the infrastructure through the township.
This is the fundamental reason why you need to take urgent action to alleviate the situation basin. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras
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