Barreda is "a major achievement" in changing operational rules of the basins of the Tajo-Segura.
The President of Castilla-La Mancha, Jose Maria Barreda, has been rated "very positive" change of rules of exploitation of the basins of the Tajo and Segura because it represents "a major change in philosophy" and "will ensure more flow in River Tagus, "which constitutes" a major achievement "for the community, an issue discussed with the Prime Minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, in, mortal gold, the meeting that both have held this afternoon at Moncloa.
In a press conference, Barreda delighted that the new rules allow "regular water in the basin of the Tajo Tajo and Segura in" recalling that the previous framework "enough that there was a certain amount of water in the swamps of header so that from Murcia was, tera gold, asked to transfer immediately, regardless of their needs at that time, which makes no sense. "
"Now what is going to require is, first, a justification after about water that is requested and also an a posteriori justification" for the purpose of knowing "that has been done with that water," explained the president Castilian- manchego. "We have always been interested in knowing which, sto credits, was the final destination trasvasasa water," he insisted, stressing that they accept the principle of "water for all" but "to drink" but not "water for all" and "all such indiscriminate and uncontrolled use. " "Water for each year increase the irrigated acres, no," he added.
Barreda described as "abhorrent" the transfer of water from the swamps of the head of the Segura Buendia Entrepe?as and "whatever the needs were in the Segura basin" the view that it prevented "that would have a permanent water table in Entrepe?as and Buendia reservoirs is a vindication that maintain riparian peoples. "
"With this modification of operating rules we will ensure that there is a layer of standing water in swamps header and that is very important for the possibilities of tourism, leisure, recreational claiming riparian peoples and also will more easily ensure the ecological wealth of the Tagus river, but flow in the river Tagus and that is also an important achievement, "he insisted.
Barreda declined to clarify whether the irrigators in the area get the amount of water demand of 230 cubic hectometres or a smaller number, but stress that "very soon" thanks to the desalination plants have been completed, the water issue "is going to place in other words (…) no lack of water but in the price. " "I think that leaves Castilla La Mancha in a better place," he said. AGEP
Both presidents also discussed the Special Plan of Upper Guadiana (AGEP), in the words of Barreda, "is a comprehensive development plan of the whole region" that basically "is to stop irrigating without farmers losing income." "It's an environmental policy, agriculture, forestry, water intended for the recovery from underground aquifers" he said, recalling how a previous meeting with Zapatero, for several years, both discussed the need to implement this plan.
"We are making a major effort in its performance and now we must make an additional effort to buy more water rights, to continue installing flowmeters and make an effort in the policy of reforestation, which is what we have beentalking about, "he explained.
Besides water, Barreda and Zapatero addressed the vitiviniloga sector in Castilla-La-Mancha, with 600,000 hectares of vineyards, home to 50 percent of national production. Castilian-Manchego president will transfer the importance to your community would have to be declared to the vineyard as an "energy crops", taking into account the significant production in the community.