A meeting on Wednesday, August 17, gathered around the theme of the Mar Menor and farming the mayor, Jose Lopez;
the director general of Infrastructure of the City of Cartagena, Manuel Nicolas;
the general director of Quality and Environmental Assessment of the CARM, Encarnacion Molina;
municipal and regional technicians;
the Water Commissioner of the Hydrographic Confederation of Segura (CHS);
Coastal Authority in the Region;
Entity Sanitation and Wastewater Treatment in the Region (ESAMUR);
the Coordinator of Organizations of Farmers and Ranchers (COAG) and the Community of Irrigators Arco Sur Mar Menor.
After the meeting, it was reported that the City of Cartagena will start the administrative process in order that farmers can use to discharges to the municipal outfall Mediterranean Sea, provided that scrupulously comply with enforceable environmental conditions.
Thus, municipal infrastructure available to the solution, with the premise that pollution arising Mar Menor not put the Mediterranean.
In this line search maintained solutions by the local government, the mayor will propose to the Commonwealth Taibilla Channel, according to farmers, the emissary of the desalination plant in San Pedro for the waters of the wadi Albujón used , a proposal to give a quick and urgent response to the current situation.
During the meeting, the other administrations did not provide specific proposals, although the provision of all fuefavorable to search for alternatives to farmers.
Finally, the mayor proposed to farmers request a meeting with the Ministry of Environment to defend farming field Cartagena and its need for water resources.
This was substantiated Lopez, indicating that we are the energy supplier of much of the country and no one compensates us for it.
And, instead, they are killing and leaving no resources to Cartagena camp activity slowly;
Also this summer with celereidad without alternatives.
In subsequent statements, Lopez noted that the problem of the Mar Menor end of inmediante way if we had water, water conditions, no water subuselo not brackish and polluted water.
With this, the mayor mentions the need or rainwater or water through the connection between basins.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena