of land where the reservoir was located that will take treated wastewater for irrigation |
Yecla Mayor, Juan Miguel Benedito and Councilman of Agriculture, Felipe Martinez-Quintanilla have held a meeting in Murcia with the Minister of Agriculture and Water, Antonio Cerda, with the aim of coordinating the actions to be developed for the construction of a dam which draw water treatment plant and pipeline for agricultural use by the irrigation community Mollidar de la Hoya's "The Portichuelo.
In a few dates will go out to tender for the acquisition by the City of about 15 hectares.
of land in the vicinity of the plant, to build the dam, with a capacity of 500,000 cubic meters.
The City will transfer these lands to the Department of Agriculture to take full investment of the work, in 2011, which together with the subsidy for the construction of pipeline infrastructure, represents an investment of almost 7 million euros from regional administration.
The reservoir will serve the two communities of irrigators who are authorized by the Segura basin, the annual harvest of up to two million cubic meters of treated water.
Community Irrigation Mollidar Hoya-The Portichuelo, have authorized an annual volume of 1,200,000 cubic meters (m3), respecting the priority of other existing grant 800,000 cubic meters for the Community of Irrigators Santiago Pozo.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Yecla