The mayor, Juan José Canovas, has promoted a joint motion of all four municipal groups to move the demands of agricultural organizations and the Community of Irrigators of Totana integrated management of water resources in this to the various administrations and competent public bodies municipality to the plight of current drought.
This proposal is the result of the claims transferred to the political representatives last Wednesday promoted and organized by the Community of Irrigators of Totana and agricultural unions COAG-IR, UPA and ASAJA to report on the forecast of water resources for home assembly the hydrological year 2016/2017 in this county.
City officials, including the mayor, Juan José Canovas, the First Deputy Mayor and Councillor for Agriculture, Andrés García, and numerous members of the Municipal Corporation was attending the meeting held in the Community of Irrigators.
In addition, given cites several hundred farmers and irrigators Totana, representatives of agricultural organizations of the region and regional representatives of all political parties represented in the Regional Assembly, including totaneros Alfonso Martínez Baños and Juan Pagán were.
In addition, the extremely serious situation of lack of resources and the resolutions adopted by the Bureau of Water and the decisions required to claim the water resources required to the competent authorities addressed to minimally cover the horticultural plantations (artichokes, broccoli, lettuce , cauliflower, etc.), table grapes and woodland.
The Mayor of Totana showed its firm commitment to support claims of farmers and irrigators Totana, on behalf of the municipal corporation;
and he claimed that serve no excuses that a caretaker government can not take action or order decrees to alleviate this extraordinary and severe drought;
because it is "an emergency situation in which our survival is at stake as people."
Institutional joint motion
The motion of the four local political groups intended that the plenary Totana solidarity with the community of irrigators and farmers' organizations in their claims of supporting vindictive approach of the Bureau of Water in defense needs to alleviate the severe water problem both immediate and future in the Region of Murcia.
In addition, he will I urge Acuamed, Ministry of Agriculture and CHS to the urgent application processing CSR-2/2015 of "bound in El Raiguero, Paretón and Huerta with 10 Hm3 from the desalination Eagles Riegos" requested December 29, 2014 and the signing of the use of 5 to 10 Hm3 Hm3 expandable, authorized by the Ministry of Agriculture on April 19, 2014 under Decree Drought for irrigation of the Tajo-Segura.
The joint proposal seeks to urge the CHS, Acuamed and Community Irrigation Lorca and Puerto Lumbreras to establishing the operating rules of existing pipelines from the point of delivery of the desalination plant "Cerro Colorao and Decision of the Community of Irrigators" before September 30, 2016, for the provision of resources possible mentioned above under the same conditions as other users.
The motion includes urging the CHS to the execution of emergency works covered in the Decree of Drought current and foreseeable extension to manage the resources listed above (reservoir 200,000 m3 located in decision No. 2 deTotana desalination plant and connection the existing mains, 2nd phase of 600 mm pipe from the house to the raft Cleric Lebor and connection pipe section 500 mm to connect the sectors V and VI of irrigated Trasvase).
Similarly, the CHS is solicitad, together with the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Innovation and Agriculture and Water, to develop guidelines for rationalization in the supply and demand of water resources in the municipality of Totana.
These guidelines should incorporate an updated and transparent state of the aquifers of the municipality in addition to the flow of information desalination plants and the possible arrival of fresh water by natural channels or through the Tajo-Segura.
The initiative reflects that level offer a strategy of "pool" of water from the aquifers of the municipality in addition to the flow of desalination plants and the possible arrival of fresh water by natural channels should be developed or through the Tajo-Segura .
According to the motion, the strategy of "pool" of water from aquifers in the region in addition to the flow of desalination plants and the possible arrival of fresh water by natural channels or through the Tajo-Segura must include three main variables cost , quality and quantity.
Finally, it is also required to be considered, at the level of supply, the provision of new flows from the municipality of Calasparra Syncline.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana