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The president of the Segura Hydrographic Confederation, Mario Urrea accompanied by the Water Commissioner, Javier Garc�a has held a working meeting with the Arco Sur Irrigation Community represented by Salvador Mellinas and the COAG from Campo de Cartagena represented by Vicente Carri�n.
The meeting that is held telematically for health reasons due to COVID, as an example of responsibility to help minimize and avoid possible infections between participants by avoiding travel, following the recommendations of health authorities.
The Community of Irrigators is interested in the processing of the water concession for the Escombreras Desalination Plant since they need to guarantee the necessary resources to maintain its activity.
The president has informed that the Escombreras Plant is all granted, 6 Hm3 for irrigation and 16 Hm3 for supply, and as long as the characteristics and conditions of the concession are not modified, a file that currently It is being processed at the Water Commissary, it is not possible to change the use of the destination of the water, so it is not feasible to increase the concession either to the Arco Sur Irrigation Community or to any other Community or to private farmers who may request it.
During the meeting, which took place in a relaxed and fully collaborative atmosphere, a series of other issues were also addressed, such as the issue of measures agreed by the CHS Governing Board to avoid contamination.
from the Cartagena field aquifer by nitrates.
Need to comply with the limitation of agricultural use in the 1,500 meter strip, unless trees are located in said plots if probes have previously been installed to verify the amount of nitrates that are being introduced into the aquifer.
¿½fero, and that it is certified by an independent entity.
The CHS is aware of the effort that farmers and Irrigation Communities are making to try to comply with the provisions of said measures.
Many farmers have installed the probes on their farms, but the results of this measurement must be evaluated by an independent entity.
Once the data is certified and reported by an independent entity, the CHS undertakes to study its results and, where appropriate, promote a new agreement of the Governing Board of the CHS that allows, if the necessary parameters are given, the growing vegetables in said strip.
Finally, a call has been made for collaboration between administrations, so that the losers are not the farmers.
The president has pledged to help and collaborate with both the other administrations and the irrigators to solve the problems that beset them.� function { ;(, , {});}
Source: CHS
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