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Ecologists in Action has been reported that although both Regional Government as the Segura basin sell the image of an excellent water management in the basin of the Segura, the fact is that such discharges occur too often, and lack of resolution provides a sense of impunity for offenders.
Ecologists in Action warns that despite the evident progress in debugging, this region still has much work to do, since they are frequently untreated discharges to streams and rivers in the cuneca del Segura.
Also needs to be done in terms of separation of sewage and rainwater.
Ecologists in Action is required to report a new case of discharge of pollutants into the river Segura, in the Segura basin and to the Department of Nature Protection.
Members of this association, alerted by locals, went this morning to the banks of the River Segura Murcia passing through, being able to observe in situ the abundant foam that was in it and that has covered its surface from the pedestrian walkway in the Malecon area almost to the dam of La Fica, which also formed due to foam waterfall.
In addition, environmentalists were able to verify that the water had a strong artificial smell (remember the smell of detergent) which is inconsistent with the usual smell of the waters of this river.
According to statements by the Commissioner for Water from the River Basin, we suspect that a spill has occurred on the night of Thursday to Friday, and coincides as usual with an episode of rain.
But again points to the inability of this administration to responsible locallizar, despite repeated many features in this release as in other fairly recent past, and the continuous reports of Ecological Action warning of these events.
Therefore, the environmental organization calls on the Segura basin adoption of improved methods of investigation and control of discharges, that are not always punished.
Foam on the river Segura
On this occasion there has been heavy rain, which has played against the alleged offenders often exploit periods of heavy rain to pour without being noticed, and that can be diluted discharge better hide the serious environmental consequences thereof.
This time, the discharge is fully visible, due to the presence of large foam cnatidades reveals the presence of certain chemicals in the water, harmful to wildlife and flora of the river ecosystem.
In fact, heavy rains have also served as a shield in the past where the sewage was justified were overwhelmed by the flow dle aunmenta and had to apply directly without purifying the extra volume of spill that reached them.
This is not merely the result of mismanagement of rainwater, they should think for circuits other than those used by urban and industrial wastewater and not as currently run by the same sewer, in this case is not can wield, and the absence of precipitation can not justify dumping untreated.
Recurrent situation and feeling of impunity
These complaints are in addition to many others made over the past few years by this organization, and most have been taking advantage of rainy days.
The latest complaint was just last summer when there were some highly polluting discharges from the sewerage Saprelorca Industrial Estate, with petroleum, which despite its gravity been completely unpunished, and worse, has not even been able to take preventive measures to avoid future episodes (such as forcing the polygon to use an own treatment, and make periodic imspecciones discharges of companies), where he is also a place where neighbors reported continued illegal dumping.
Ecologists in Action Murcia Region confessed his concern about the persistence of these episodes of uncontrolled dumping of pollutants, and considers that the authorities are offering a grim sense of impunity for such crimes that have very negative consequences for the already battered river ecosystem.
Suffice it to recall that in October 2008 showed thousands of dead and dying fish in the river safely on its way through the city of Murcia, which created great social alarm, though which is another case that has gone unpunished, and Today's dumping evidence also has served to establish effective preventive measures.
By not diligently debug and urgent responsibility for the alleged offenders, public (municipal sewage) or private (business and / or parks), and above all, by not taking effective preventive measures to avoid these situations continuously repeated, governments are giving a sense of impunity for these serious events.
This association therefore considers that, in a region like ours, this type of crime should be considered as very serious, both for the enormous damage they cause to the river ecosystem, such as health risks, and that contaminated water can reach used for irrigation, with the obvious risks to human health depending on the nature of the spill, as well as land contamination that is irrigated with it.
For these reasons, Ecologists in Action has asked the Segura basin to investigate these facts, and that as soon as possible, publish the results of investigations to clear the image set of impunity for serious human rights violations.
Also require the Segura basin to adopt preventive and surveillance measures really effective to prevent recurrence of these events once again.
The Regional Government and the Segura basin, which are both supposed complacency of the "wonderful and efficient water management" in the Segura basin, are again contradicted by the facts: despite improvements in water management is region is still much improved, both at the level of demand management as a system level debugging and control of discharges, particularly discharges induistriales (Murcia In many industrial areas in which either no filter, or is not, and is discharged directly into watercourses or rivers).
Source: Ecologistas en Acción. Fotos: Tony López
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