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The losses of water by evaporation in the irrigation ponds can be reduced by up to 75% if the results obtained so far with the Evapo-Control prototype are confirmed in the UPCT Agro-alimentary Experimental Station, which the Water Minister has visited today. Agriculture, Livestock and Fishing, Miguel Ángel del Amor.
The Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT) is conducting tests for the company Arana Water Management Lorca, which has developed a modular floating roof technology that in addition to reducing evaporation also control the growth of algae in irrigation ponds.
The person in charge of the tests, Victoriano Martínez, of the research group Design and Management in Agriculture of Irrigation (DYGAR) of the UPCT, explained today both to the director and to the general director of Water, Sebastián Delgado, how the different measures of evaporation and water quality.
The manager of the company Arana Water Management, José Miguel Jimeno, has highlighted the participation in the project of two students of the UPCT, who are developing their final projects with the data obtained from the trial, which began in February of this year.
The counselor finally recalled that in the Region of Murcia "there are 12,000 irrigation ponds in which 60 hectometres evaporate annually, which is essential to avoid given our water deficit".
The Community has subsidized with 200,000 euros the development of this solution through floating plastic pieces that "significantly reduce evapotation, improve water quality and save energy by avoiding filtering processes", according to Miguel Ángel del Amor.
The project has received European funding from the Brigaid project (program H2020) of technological innovations to reduce climate risks, achieved by the spin-off company of UPCT Future Water.
Source: UPCT
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