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"In total about 1,000 scuppers be cleaned to ensure maximum drainage capacity of the sewer system and thus prevent clogging by debris on the network".
Puerto Lumbreras The City Council is carrying out a comprehensive plan revision and cleaning of all scuppers and grids of the municipality.
The aim is to prevent precipitation expected to cause flooding or high flood water, which blow away anything that had run out of clean in ravines or ditches.
Councilman Works, Town Planning and Services, Eliseo Sanchez, and the Councillor for Public Spaces, Juan Francisco Carrillo, have overseen the cleanup today in different parts of the town.
Thus, Eliseo Sanchez explained that "in total about 1,000 scuppers be cleaned to ensure maximum drainage capacity of the sewer system and thus prevent clogging by debris on the network".
In addition, Sanchez stressed that "throughout the year are carrying out cleaning and maintenance, however, intensify and strengthen this work before and during the rainy season."
Scuppers cleaning is being done with manual cleaning methods.
Thus, it has designed a route to be followed by the team taking into account the situation of the scuppers and circulation of the streets.
Cleaning the rainwater network directly influences the effects of rain.
In this sense, Eliseo Sanchez stressed that "it is essential to remove dirt, leaves and papers that accumulate in and which hinder the collection of water on rainy days, but could cause flooding in the streets. Thanks to this work, the waste deposited in the pipes, so that they recover their hydraulic transport capacity "cleaned.
Finally, Councilman Works, Town Planning and Services noted that "80% of rainwater is collected in the rainwater network it is intended to swamps community of irrigators to use farmers in their irrigation systems."
Finally, he stressed that "the company managing the drinking water, Aqualia will also conduct performances cleaning the sewer of the municipality".
Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras
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