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The commitment of the Segura basin (CHS) with the Huerta de Murcia, evident after more than 60 million euros that the basin organization has invested in the modernization of water infrastructure and the recovery of the most important historical works of this area this morning has been strengthened further with the first visit of President of the Confederation to the headquarters of the Board of Landowners, the body that brings together the traditional irrigation.

The president of the CHS, Michelangelo Ródenas has been received by the president of the Landowners, Sigifredo Hernandez, and members of this ancient institution, recognized by UNESCO as Intangible Heritage of Humanity, and has made a tour of different places Huerta de Murcia, as the rafts Esparragal the Contraparada and the Wheel of Nora.

The Confederation has invested a significant amount of money in this area.

First, the traditional water users have benefited from an amount close to 60 million in a series of modernization projects that affected ditches Mother of the Qibla, the right bank of the Main Canal Barrier, the Acequia del Turbedal, the Ditches of Turbedal and Sarabia, the right bank of the Earth Roya and raft of regulation, the left bank of the Acequia de la Aljufía, the Acequias Churra La Vieja, Caracol and Zaraiche and feeding the Acequia Pitarque and New Raal, among others.

These improvements, long-defendants, were given to the Landowners in 2009 and consisted mainly of footage arrangements ditches, pipe replacement, restoration of irrigation intakes, spillways and installation of new manholes, construction of retaining walls, new electrical connections ; new raft of regulation, and construction of new highways and roads.

Traditional infrastructure of the Huerta de Murcia

As important as the preservation of traditional irrigation of the Huerta de Murcia are the historical sites of this region, as Contraparada or the Wheel of Nora, hydraulic infraestructuas on the CHS has acted recently.

In Contraparada, the dam from which they start the two main canals of the Huerta, Barriers and Aljufía, recovery work and equipment amounted to 1,735,715.97 sociorecreativo euros and ended recently.

With respect to the wheel of La Nora, was held in 2008 a work of improvement following the guidelines of the Ministry of Culture, as the Noria is declared of Cultural Interest (BIC), in addition to the requests of its own Landowners Board and the Association of Residents of La Nora.

Source: CHS