Tank works Storms and urban drainage network being built in Lo Pagan, San Pedro del Pinatar, are meeting the work plan agreed by the concessionaire and the City Council to mitigate to the maximum possible discomfort in the area.
The work began on Monday April 13 and is scheduled to end on December 15, although work is suspended during the months of July and August.
Currently, only they have done work in the Salzillo avenue, not that these have led to the disruption of traffic on the road.
As for the tank, located on the esplanade, it is building an inner perimeter ditch with concrete screens, fenced area, not the extraction well will be made until after the summer.
In addition the Council agreed, before the start of the work, the new temporary location Lo Pagán market, which is developing normally on Avenida Las Palmas, and the restructuring of the fair, so that will have the same attractions as in previous years, without being affected by the fence of the tank.
Through this work, the wash water collectors is collected and the collected drainage water first 20 minutes of rain and moves to the storm tank with a capacity of 3.300 m3, from which subsequently It rebombeará to the treatment plant.
The project, financed by the region and the European Union, includes the construction of four branches drainage affect the way Generalissimo Avenue, Avenue Salzillo, Street Asturias, Rosendo Street Alcaraz Street Campoamor.
This project is the first phase of a larger project, consisting of several infrastructures in different areas of the municipality of San Pedro del Pinatar, to comprehensively solve the problem of contamination by rainwater from the beaches and bathing waters salt lake.
The main feature of this work is to prevent pollution of the beaches and the Mar Menor, collecting first rain waters are also washing the mains and sewers, wash contaminants residues that are deposited on the ground, due to traffic road, industrial and agricultural activities, and thus prevent such pollution can reach the beaches.
This action is part of the program of events planned at general level to achieve the environmental commitment of "Dumping 0" to the Mar Menor.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Pedro del Pinatar