"To support small farmers and the overcoming of water as a commercial item"
IU-Greens in Totana has gained access to new data on the groundwater situation in the area Guadalentin Valley.
According to Councilman Pedro Martinez, "this new information show that there are strategies for the exploitation of groundwater in this area that are inefficient and also involve large losses for local farmers including farmers in the municipality Totana ".
"The Segura basin maintains a purely monetarist policy based on sanctions and not working on the line to make more efficient and economical utilization of these important resources for the sector, especially in these times of crisis."
Pedro Martinez highlights that "new guidelines more consistent with the new data and new technologies applied to achieve a more sustainable social and these important resources, which can generate so much wealth in our town".
"We miss an update and transparent state Guadalentin aquifer. Therefore these new guidelines should incorporate updates and transparent state Guadalentin aquifer that is available to farmers and ranchers, as well as a transparent record wells that are working right now, "he adds.
"In many cases, we are seeing boreholes to extract groundwater have penetrated the first layer are extracting groundwater and very expensive water in lower layers. Therefore, says in his motion the mayor totanero, these guidelines should incorporate designing a drilling strategy and use of efficient groundwater extractions that prevents pierce the first layer and raise groundwater very expensive water in lower layers while avoiding dragging the upper water these deeper aquifers ".
"It is also necessary to highlight the possibilities of use of this water by farmers with very little water wells that could be used for watering livestock, which is registered and supervised by the Confederation".
Such measures, concludes Pedro Martinez, "are intended to encourage more farmers accessibility to a resource as precious as water is also a source of wealth for many households devoted to field and livestock".
