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| The Mayor of San Javier calls for "exceptional" measures after the meeting of riverside mayors with the Minister of Water, Agriculture and Environment, Antonio Luengo that informed them of the extreme gravity of the situation that the Mar Menor is going through | The Mayor of San Javier, José Miguel Luengo, held a telematic meeting today with the Minister of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Antonio Luengo, the General Director of the Mar Menor, Miriam Pérez, and the rest of the mayors of the Mar Menor in which It has been agreed to request in writing to the Minister for the Ecological Transition, Teresa Ribera, the creation of an exclusive Commissioner for the Mar Menor within the Ministry and the start of the pumping of the Rambla de El Albujón, given the alarming situation due to the what happens the lagoon. At the end of the meeting, the mayor of San Javier, José Miguel Luengo reported that the councilor, after meeting with the scientific committee of the Mar Menor, warned the mayors of the "critical" situation of the Mar Menor with the lowest record, since which is known, of the salinity that at the moment is lower than that of the Mediterranean Sea with 30grs per liter when it should be at 43grs per liter.
During the meeting with the mayors, the counselor Antonio Luengo added that this fact, motivated by the entry of fresh water from the last four floods and the constant discharge of the boulevard of El Albujón, could cause a new episode of anoxia such as that experienced on last October 12 at Lo Pagán beach, San Pedro del Pinatar. The mayor of San Javier, José Miguel Luengo reported that, given the seriousness of the situation, he has requested the immediate implementation of the Plan Vertido 0 al Mar Menor "approved on June 5, 2018 after dozens of meetings and 3 years of work that , having been an example of collaboration between administrations and civil society, it is being scorned and parked in a drawer.
" Luengo added that it is "a serious irresponsibility on the part of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition, which with its inaction despises all those who for three years collaborated in the drafting of said Plan including local administrations, regional and state governments as well as numerous associations and social fabric ". Luengo asked for "forcefulness" in the face of the extraordinary situation that the Mar Menor is experiencing with extraordinary solutions and again requested the recovery of the draft of the canyons and the Marchamalo gully to gain salinity and combat the continuous entry of fresh water "due to the inaction of the Ministry on the boulevard of El Albujón ".
During the meeting, Luengo asked the counselor to speed up the tender for the works of the North and South rainwater collectors in the municipality of San Javier to prevent the entry of rainwater into the Mar Menor and mitigate the effects of the floods in the urban framework of the municipality.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier
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