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The Mayor explained that "our intention is to bring and publicize the traditions to children and youth at the same time learning the operation of a system of collection, storage and distribution of water typical of agriculture in our municipality."

The work, which has a deadline of two months, with a budget of 39,525, 33 euros and is funded by the Association for the Integral Development Campodos.

The City Council of Puerto Lumbreras, in collaboration with the Association for the Integral Development Campodos is carrying out activities for the recreation of a traditional hydraulic infrastructure in the Casa del Cura Puerto Lumbreras.

So, the mayor of the town, Maria Angeles Tunisia, accompanied by the Councillor for Culture and Tourism, Maria Victoria Jerez and Councilman Works, Eliseo Sanchez, visited the facilities to monitor the development of the works.

Specifically, a system is being built to scale which has various elements such as a well, via a gear, drives the wheel that draws water from the same in a alcántaras.

From this point, it is channeled to a typical Puerto Lumbreras traditional cistern and from this cistern and an aqueduct, is channeled into a traditional mill where flour was ground and from there to a traditional utility and finally, toward a system through irrigation ditches for irrigation of the soil.

Thus, the mayor of Puerto Lumbreras, Maria Angeles Tunisia, explained that "with the recreation of this infrastructure is what we intend to bring and to inform children and young people the traditions and lifestyles of their ancestors, while learning the operation of a system of collection, storage and distribution of water typical of traditional agriculture in our municipality. "

Finally, Tunisia has concluded that "children and adults will enjoy this recreation where they can see the performance of traditional systems such as a Ferris wheel, a cistern or a mill".

Notably, the execution time of this work is two months and the budget is 39,525, 33 euros, with 31,482.72 euros funded by the Association for the Integral Development Campodos.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras