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The City Council begins an exhaustive summer campaign on cleaning the fountains and lakes in the municipality (30/06/2020)

| In total, 6,000 water treatments will be carried out, which we know as chlorination and disinfection, and more than 5,000 times both the 81 fountains and the 9 lakes in the municipality of Murcia | The Councilor for Urban Development and Modernization of the Administration, José Guillén, visited this morning the source of El Malecón to check the work of cleaning the lakes, fountains and ponds of the municipality that are being carried out and that add up to an area of ??21,174 meters square and contain a total of 11,919 cubic meters. According to the existing planning, and by the end of the summer campaign, some 6,000 water treatments will have been carried out, which we know as chlorination and disinfection, and more than 5,000 times both the 81 sources and the 9 lakes of the municipality.In this way, the City Council complies with its controlled and planned policy of supervision of the different lakes and sources of Murcia, which intensifies in summer, paying special attention to water quality to verify that dangerous bacteria such as legionella are not generated.

."The water treatments in lakes and fountains aim to maintain the optimum level of quality for the residents and visitors who see them on a daily basis, as well as for the animals that inhabit them.

Our commitment is that Murcians can enjoy the outdoors of the green areas of the municipality, since they are safe and friendly spaces for everyone, "explains José Guillén.Water aeration and review of chlorine levels in the 81 sources and in the 9 lakes of the municipalityIn total, 9 lakes totaling 17,893 square meters and 8,900 cubic meters are monitored and cared for on a daily basis, located in Infante, Santa María de Gracia, Vistabella, El Salitre, La Seda, El Raal, Jardín de las Tres Copas, Puente Tocinos and San Ginés.Some tasks that focus on the aeration of the water in these spaces, as well as the review of the chlorine levels of each one.

In this way, bad odors and risks to public health are eliminated.In these tasks prior to chlorination, a superficial cleaning of the source or lake is carried out, removing any element outside it such as dirt or dirt.

In a second phase, the PH of the water and the level of chlorine are measured to determine the state of the water.Among the five historical sources are the Plaza Circular, the Casa Torre del Reloj (Puente Tocinos), the José Cánovas Ortíz garden (Beniaján), Avenida de la Libertad (Guadalupe) and Juana Jugán in Puente Tocinos.Pool PlanThe rehabilitation and improvement of the sources is included within the well-known Alberca 2023 plan, which aims to bring to all the residents of the municipality the benefits of installing fountains and lakes in green areas.They are spaces that attract life, in addition to being a spectacle, since cascading water is one of the most beautiful visual perceptions of nature; improve air quality, turning green areas into cooler spaces with cleaner air; they create a relaxing space; they provide a microclimate, softening temperatures and are a hallmark of our municipality."Water is very present in the history of our city, it is an indispensable element in Mediterranean gardens since its origins and we are giving them a central place in these spaces," says José Guillén.Framed in the Alberca Plan, the City Council is also working on the construction of ten new ornamental fountains in the most emblematic places of the city, such as Santo Domingo and San Esteban; the holding of an annual ideas competition, in which the winning project will be executed; and the investment of 100,000 euros per year destined to the construction of new sources in the municipality and its districts, for five years, are the other three great measures of this plan.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia

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