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The Mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, today expressed satisfaction with the European award 'European Riverprize' 2015 received the Segura River, in recognition of the best environmental restoration, an award that has been gathered in Vienna for the Hydrographic Confederation of Segura .

"The Murcia are now in luck because we collect the fruit of the hard work that so many people have done before us and has made it possible Segura is today the river less polluted of Spain, as has shown the specialized international agency RiverFoundation" he stressed Ballesta, who congratulated the president of the CHS and all who have worked in recent years in the environmental recovery of the river.

In this regard, he recalled that "Murcia is today one of the few Spanish capital has an urban and navigable river, which cuts through the heart of the capital, thanks to the comprehensive program of treatment and reuse of water, which has enabled today murcianos can look back proudly to our river. "

Also, the mayor said that "soon will announce new joint initiatives within the project Murcia Rio and the next step in which we are working is to convert the bank of the river, passing through the center of the city, in a great green avenue open to all murcianas leisure and sports families. "

The optimal state of health of the natural environment not only benefits the state of water, but also the ecosystems linked to the river, so that species threatened by pollution, such as otters, eels and some birds have returned to inhabit the bed of the Segura and its natural environment.

This award from the Australian Foundation International RiverFoundation actively recognizes the multidisciplinary work developed from the Hydrographic Confederation of Segura (an agency under the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment), the city of Murcia, the regional government and other governments that have been involved Segura recovery.

Now the project to restore the river Segura access the international final of the awards of the International RiverFoundation, to qualify for the Thiess International Prize (which projects around the world are presented).

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia