Tuesday, May 06, 2008

The war for water

Tomorrow, more than 300 PP (Partido Popular) mayors from the Valencian Community, Murcia and Andalusia will meet in Orihuela to demand “equality” in the matter of water.

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At the meeting,  Alcaldes por el agua, the presidents of the Valencian PP -Francisco Camps; Murcian  -Ramon Luis Valcárcel and Andalusian -Javier Arenas, will request the support of mayors and councilmen from other political parties under the banner “la sed no tiene color político” (the drought has no political colour). Nevertheless only mayors from the PP will attend.

The secretary of the Valencian PP, Ricardo Costa, has announced that they will promote a manifesto in all City councils supporting the transference from the Ebro to Barcelona, but at the same time requesting  the similar transfer for Andalusia, Murcia and the Valencian Community.

On the contrary, the Sindicato Central de Regantes del Trasvase Tajo-Segura announced in a meeting with the Ministry of Environment that will not participate in the fight to get a transfer of water from the Ebro to ease the drought in Alicante, Murcia and Almeria .

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