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The modern control system installed by the City Council for the maintenance of green areas allows to place Murcia cities among the most efficient in the use of water for irrigation.
The device, one of the most advanced existing today, can be monitored in real time and remotely, from anywhere, over 130 gardens of the town.
The procedure is based on the distribution of 100,000 devices and hundreds of kilometers of pipeline, connected to a weather station from where it is measured and monitored constantly any problems or issues that may arise related to the rain, wind or temperature.
The aim is to prevent, in a land with a structural water shortage, water is lost and optimize their use.
"Water automatically over a hundred gardens of Murcia required to have a modern based on each type of garden systems so that if it is detected that has, for example, hot or cold, advanced technology known discern the amount of water that should be given to that particular area, "stated Councilman Guillen.
The mechanism detects whether to avoid wasting water on the assumption that there is or has rained recently moved wind circumstance advised not start the sprinklers as the air alienate water plants.
Gardens like silk, Salitre, Juan Carlos I, Juan de Borbon, Malecon or Floridablanca, among others, have this automated mechanism.
It should be stressed, moreover, that the trees of more than three years are not watered, since species that can survive without investing more money and water on them from that age are chosen.
As a complement, the Parks and Gardens of the City has a staff dedicated to monitor these systems and their effectiveness daily, checking that has not produced any effect, broken or damaged in workers installed systems.
Councilman Administration Modernization, Urban Quality and Participation, Jose Guillen, recalled that Murcia is at the forefront of care and mantemiento of its green areas where "no potable water is used since we have learned to take advantage of the maximum and control the spending we do it, in a process of continuous improvement that will continue to apply in the coming years. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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