Councilwoman Municipal Water Service, Antonia Camacho, has raised a motion to the next full City Council for the month of April requesting the Directorate General of Water building a new reservoir in the area Totana where is located the present the cot in the totanera deputation de la Huerta.
This proposal asks for emergency reasons, finding the current in a deteriorating situation, and to provide service built in its day by the Autonomous Community in the deputation of Vines and Carivete.
The network of water supply called "Virgen de las Huertas" raises the water from the Canal de Commonwealth Taibilla Channel, in the "Partidor of Lorca" and by raising several kilometers, supplies the reservoir Virgen de las Huertas , along the road from Santa.
In addition to distributing the water to the area of ​​the "La Charca" and orchards, from that deposit and gravity feeds the so-called deposit cot, with a capacity of 230 cubic meters, located next to the Rambla de La Santa, opposite the shrine of La Huerta.
The deposit Cot exceeds 40 years old and in a very worrying situation, according to the report made by the municipal officers, which indicates that it requires immediate replacement to meet current and future supply needs in the current zone .
This infrastructure would expand the entire supplied by the network of "Virgen de las Huertas" and the area of ​​the deputation of Viñas-Carivete area, producing substantial savings in electricity if the drive Aledo, built by Commonwealth Channel used Taibilla under the "Water Program".
The construction of new tank capacity 1,200 cubic meters would give a range of 1.5 days in the supply area;
and entail the application Commonwealth Taibilla Channel to hire water filling the new tank from Aledo drive that runs a few meters from the future location.
In addition, since the new tank could be filled by gravity, the Virgen de las Huertas, saving the entire power consumption current and gaining autonomy and quality of supply to the entire area of ​​orchards, Pond, The drylands, La Coronela, among other places.
Also, the launch of the new deposit guarantee filling the built years ago to supply the deputation of Vines and Carivete, using the current drive from the site of the Bastida.
The councilman explained in his motion, which will be many advantages to improve drinking water supply in highland areas of town and orchards, with practice to a minimum reduction of electricity bill.
