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The Minister for Planning and Management of Water Resources of Civil Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT), Sandra García Galiano, Professor coordinate a European project to analyze the physical and economic water aimed at increasing the efficiency of the resource accounting.
'Accounting System for the Segura River and Transfers (Accounting System of the River Segura and transfers) will experience exportable to other river basins of the European Union pilot.
The estimated cost of this project is 200,000 euros, of which 75% will be financed by the European Union.
The remaining 25% will be borne by the Segura basin, with the collaboration of the UPCT.
The initiative is to assess the implementation of the economic and environmental water methodology developed by the UN in the context of a Mediterranean EU, in this case the Segura.
The project includes the development of water accounting to provide information that will be used for an efficient allocation of resources, in order to achieve cost recovery for water infrastructure and analysis of cost-benefit analysis of water policies and economies alternatives.
Be considered in this account all categories of water and related services Segura river basin.
Collaboration on a project that will take place in the territory in the Segura basin will serve as a pilot exportable to other river basin districts within the European Union.
The European consortium developing the project consists UPCT;
Hydrographic Confederation Segur;
Samui France and FutureWater consulting company, spin-off of the Technical University of Cartagena.
The project involved Sandra García, of the School of Engineering in Civil and Mining Engineering;
Professor Alain Baille and Professor Francisco Alcon, the Higher Technical School of Agricultural Engineering;
and Jose Angel Martinez and Angel Tudela of Civil Engineering.
The Council of Ministers approved on Friday the signing of the agreement between the UPCT and Segura basin of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, which allows execution of this project.
Source: UPCT
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