The Minister of Agriculture and Water, Antonio Cerdá, today presented Mayor Santomera, José María Sánchez, the proposed expansion of the sewage treatment plant in the municipality, which will provide the plant with a capacity of 6,000 cubic meters of water day, 50 percent more than today.
This project also includes water treatment with ultraviolet disinfection and a prior deposit of 1,000 cubic meters of homogenization and rolling.
The plant, which involves an investment of 2.4 million euros financed by the Cohesion Fund of the European Union, you can treat 2 hectometres of water per year.
The expansion of this infrastructure is part of the General Plan for Sanitation and Wastewater Treatment of the Region, "is practically finished," said the owner of Water.
"Murcia is a region of reference for other countries in terms of sewage treatment and infrastructure and technology used in recycling," he added Cerda.
The plant will "fully optimize the use of water, intended also to agriculture, leading all the indicators of good governance," he said.
On the other hand, the counselor used the ceremony for the new project to announce the construction of two collectors, one for collecting rainwater Market neighborhood in Santomera, and another to connect the new water treatment facilities in the hamlet of Sisco.
Works as a counselor, "complete integral sanitation in the municipality of Murcia."
The treatment capacity of these new infrastructures implemented by the regional government is over 500,000 cubic meters of water a year and involves an investment of 500 million euros.
Thus, 99.4 percent of the urban population is connected to the sewerage system and 96.8 percent to sewage.
The region currently refines more than 100 hectometres of water per year, 25 percent of the water that is reused in Spain.
Source: CARM