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The president of the Segura basin, Miguel Ángel Ródenas, visited this afternoon Totana to learn on the spot the areas most affected by the floods in this municipality, who was accompanied by the mayor, Isabel Maria Sánchez, President of the Local Irrigation Community, Juan Pagan, and representatives of local agricultural organizations.

During the visit, in addition to reviewing the damage to the gullies, channels and mouths of Lebor, The Holy and the Cemetery, the tour has included different farms in the counties ravaged Totana low as Lebor and The Raiguero and other infrastructure of the town.

Ródenas Michelangelo explained that the measurement system in real time that the Confederation has made them see, around 1400 hours on Friday, the importance of the episode, and as an example of the magnitude of the rains has said in the swamp Bridges were 2,000 cubic meters of water per second, when the channeling Guadalentín from Lorca to Totana has a volume of 200 cubic meters.

On the other hand, has said downstream of Lorca, Murcia direction, on Friday worked "well" The Paretón Dam, which was about 500 cubic meters per second dam being closed Lorca, which prevented the Murcia got that amount from the Shire of Guadalentín, and also the contributions of other watercourses.

He has also said that the Murcia region must "seize on current media to reach the public and raise awareness of the infrastructure still needs to be done."

So Ródenas believes it is now time to "desemplovar old projects" to improve the Totana ramblas and highlighted including the construction of the dam Lebor.

A visit was also attended by councilors and municipal infrastructure services, María José Bedia, and of Agriculture, Water and districts, Diego Munoz, and technicians of the Hydrographic Confederation and Civil Protection in Totana.

CHS President has visited Totana after meeting with executives of the Community Irrigation Lorca, whose board has met to develop an initial assessment of the damage caused by flooding in the area following heavy rainfall episode of Last Friday, surpassing highs.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana. Fotos: Totana.com