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The Minister of Agriculture and Water, Antonio Cerda, attended today with the mayor of Alhama de Murcia, Fernando Alfonso Ceron, the laying of the cornerstone of the treatment plant of El Berro.
Also present were the pedánea, Juani Cava, and the mayor of Pedanías, Maria Jose Ceron and Councilman Works and Services, Miguel Gonzalez next to the mayor of Industry, Ignacio Martinez.
The new infrastructure will serve a population equivalent of 1,200 inhabitants (now the parish has a population of 240 inhabitants) and will have a treatment capacity of 240 cubic meters per day.
Cerda said the new treatment plant is part of the regional plan debugging that, "through more efficient systems," covers in a second stage to the small towns of the region.
The owner of Agriculture and Water said that this plan is a continuous action and priority of the regional government was launched in 2000 and whose objectives "are amply fulfilled."
Meanwhile, the mayor of the municipality has stressed the importance of this infrastructure, one of the most demanded by the residents of El Berro.
It has also ensured that, soon, also will start the works for the construction of a wastewater treatment plant in the village of Gebas, work also sued by the neighbors.
The plant of El Berro has been designed with all environmental protection measures and integrated into the landscape of the natural landscape of Sierra Espuña.
This plant includes tertiary treatment system of filtration and disinfection that "perfect" the process of wastewater treatment.
The plant incorporates the most appropriate treatment processes and advanced to achieve a quality that makes it valid for agricultural use.
This infrastructure includes an investment of 689,000 euros, financed by 80 percent by the Cohesion Fund of the European Union.
The Minister stressed that "we exceeded the parameters of water treatment required by the European Union."
One hundred percent of the urban population is already connected to treatment plants that remove 98 percent of the pollution load and provide the year 100 hectometres additional water "of the highest quality and safety."
The Region of Murcia is the first in Spain and Europe in sanitation and water purification.
The effectiveness of water management in Murcia has been recognized nationally and internationally to be the Segura basin the only one that recovers all of its treated water.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Alhama de Murcia
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