CSIC study suggests that well-worn waters of the sewage treatment plant of Jumilla are conditions for crops
March 08, 2011
The Minister of agriculture and water highlighted that the purified water "have ideal conditions" for their direct use in irrigation, and stressed that these treatment plants applying the system of tertiary treatment "that has been remove 97% of the pollution load". This process of treatment, said Cerdá, "is similar to that used for the purification of water to supply".
In addition, he recalled that the sewage from Jumilla in Murcia, with a capacity of purification of up four cubic are annual, "contributes almost a third of the volume of water required by the watering of Miraflores" and added that "they are water safe and at zero cost for farmers"", as that are reused".
The head of agriculture and water stressed that "Although Jumilla is known for its wines, it is an important municipality of fruit", and pointed out that the 971 community members of the community of regantes grown by 75% fruit of bonesuch as PEAR, peach, cherry, apricot tree and plum tree, and in minor measured vineyards, olive and almond trees.
Cerdá stated that the community of Regantes de Miraflores, declared in the 1960s of national interest, "is the most advanced in the region and pioneer in the modernization of irrigation systems and to control and rationing of water"She said Cerdá.
