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The President of the Autonomous Community, Alberto Garre accompanied, among others, the Minister of Agriculture and Water of the regional executive, Antonio Cerdá, Alguazas Mayor, José Antonio Fernández Lladó, and other municipal officials as well as neighbors generally population, has proceeded on the morning of Monday, September 29, to inaugurate the largest infrastructure that has set the town: the Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP).

This advanced and modern facility is the largest economic investment in public works recorded by the town throughout its history.

And the construction of this plant, innovatively designed both to debug 15,000 cubic meters of water a day and up to 5 hm3 per year so as to meet the needs generated by population and industrial sector in the coming decades, is budgeted at 9.5 million euros financed 80 percent by the Cohesion Fund of the European Union and the 20 remaining with the Government of Murcia own contributions.

This WWTP Alguazas, considered one of the most important projects in Spain and is currently located in an excellent vantage point of the Segura basin for making good use of the current drive system, channeling and water reservoir hydraulic work, this is The Park of Los Quiñones adjacent to the channel of the river Mula, is designed with modern technology including system specific tertiary treatment for reuse until almost the last drop 98% - of wastewater in agricultural irrigation and contemplating further all While measures of environmental protection either deodorization and soundproofing.

In this regard, the Chief of the regional government said that "it is a highly productive investment" as the reuse of treated wastewater is a "very important" practice from the economic point of view, allowing ensure highly agricultural activity, "which is so important for the regional GDP."

In this line positive achievements, the first mayor alguaceño states that "with the launch of the WWTP of the town proceeded on track to meet the needs of a population in constant activity and clear projection of future growth and providing its neighbors of some basic facilities and quality services that ultimately come to articulate the priority and ultimate goal of effective management as responding to citizen demands and provide alternative solutions to them. "

Alguazas at the forefront in the treatment of wastewater

But the actions on wastewater treatment in Alguazas not end there because the population also benefits since 2009 of the advantages of a tank storms, with an investment of 3 million euros and funded entirely by the Regional Government, prevents, before an overflow or to a failure of the pumping station, wastewater is discharged directly into the river.

And is that the tank has a storage capacity equivalent to the flow generated in Alguazas for 3 days.

Which means that in case of a malfunction, technicians have considerable leeway to remedy it.

The total renovation of the pumping station with the construction of a solution designed to prevent the resident population in the southern part of town facility smells and annoying noises that could cause infrastructure and complete improvement of all impulse lines to newly opened WWTP are other actions that put Alguazas at the forefront in treating wastewater.

A similar task also lead conversations that comes with keeping the City Water Heredamiento Township face to build a raft that will function as the collection of wastewater for reuse in irrigation.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Alguazas