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Valcárcel emphasizes that this new facility demonstrates that the Region of Murcia is a gold medal in water purification, making us an example and reference in Europe "
The President of the Autonomous Community, Ramón Luis Valcárcel, opened today, along with the Minister of Agriculture and Water, Antonio Cerdá, and the Mayor of Cartagena, Pilar Barreiro, the new treatment plant-La Isla Plana Azohía, whose construction has invested 8.5 million euros.
Valcarcel said that this new facility demonstrates that the Region of Murcia is a gold medal in sanitation and wastewater treatment, making us an example and European benchmark. "
The plant is included in the General Plan of cleansing and purifying of the Region of Murcia, and is an action which responds to the "specific objective" to protect the quality of the waters of the Mediterranean.
In particular, this infrastructure is critical to the quality of the waters of the bay of 10 km of coastline., From The Azohía to Isla Plana, a goal he said Valcárcel is fundamental for us. "
The General Plan of drainage and water treatment is now in its final small groups undertaking, not only recovery goals of the quality of the river Segura, but also, as in this case, which affects waters.
So, once put into operation the sewage of large coastal population centers such as Eagles, Mazarrón and Cartagena, "the network of treatment and protection of sea water is completed with this new infrastructure."
The facility, located near the promenade of El Canar, includes both own treatment as for collecting system with a capacity to refine about 6,000 cubic meters of water daily.
The infrastructure is designed to generate minimal impact on the environment of ecological interest, with special environmental protection measures and deodorized enclosed buildings in which care is architecture and its integration into the environment.
The new facility has been designed with a modern and advanced technology including secondary biological treatment systems.
The process is completed by a tertiary treatment filtration and disinfection.
The project was implemented with the parameters set by the State of California in water purification.
The plant occupies a plot managed by the City of Cartagena, with an investment in the budgets of the Ministry of Agriculture and Water, for which it has received funds from the EU Cohesion.
Other investments in sanitation and water treatment area
The regional president said that besides the treatment plant, the Ministry of Agriculture and Water has built the collector-La Isla Plana Azohía, with an investment of 4.6 billion euros, which is already in service.
In addition, construction is forecast to enter service this summer, the collector of the cairn, with an investment of 1.1 billion euros.
These actions will avoid any direct discharge to the sea.
For its part, the City looks at these investments with additional works such as sewers, and connections.
It is therefore scheduled action by both governments to improve sanitation and water treatment system that provides coverage for this coastal area., And whose total investment is 16.3 million euros.
Murcia recovers over 100 hectometres of water per year
The Region of Murcia is the first in Spain and Europe in sanitation and water purification.
The Community reused over 100 hectometres of water per year.
The effectiveness of water management in Murcia has been recognized nationally and internationally to be the Segura basin the only one to recover all of its wastewater.
The General Plan of cleansing and purifying of the Region have invested 600 million euros, which have enabled more than 98 percent of the urban population is already connected to treatment plants and 99 percent to sewage networks.
It has built 48 large treatment plants with a capacity of 500,000 cubic meters per day.
In this sense, Valcárcel reiterated that "the commitment and efforts of Murcia to get the most out of the water is a great example that should be exported to the rest of Spain and the world."
Source: CARM
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