The regions of Vinalopó and Alicantí in the province of Alicante, have had major water shortages for years. This deficit is being covered by the overexploitation of aquifers, several of them have already reached totally unsustainable levels. In coastal regions, where demand is mostly urban, the situation can be successfully resolved by the desalination of seawater, but in the interior regions, where demand is mainly agrarian and stands at quite high levels above sea level, the contribution of resources from other basins is necessary.

This action has increased the capacity of the channel on the right bank of the Tajo-Segura distribution channel through the regrowth of the two side walls of the channel, in order to improve the transport capacity of the water.

The action involves extending the distribution network of Valdelentico at around the end of Section III to connect the branch of Section III to the distribution network of Valdelentico, with the Cañarico area in the town of Alhama in Murcia.

This stage takes into account the works needed to distribute the water produced in the Valdelentisco desalination plant for irrigation and urban supply to part of the Murcia Region, areas of Sucina, Los Martinez del Puerto, Alhama and Fuente Alamo and bordering adjacent areas and to the north of the post-Tajo-Segura transfer zone. It includes the propulsion works and regulating deposits to raise line 290 desalinated water, hydraulic system distribution head with conductions that work with pressure by gravity with 85 kms.

This stage takes into account the works needed to distribute the water produced in the Valdelentisco desalination plant for irrigation and urban supply to part of the Murcia Region, areas of Sucina, Los Martinez del Puerto, Alhama and Fuente Alamo and bordering adjacent areas and to the north of the post-Tajo-Segura transfer zone. It includes the propulsion works and regulating deposits to raise line 290 desalinated water, hydraulic system distribution head with conductions that work with pressure by gravity with 85 kms.

This stage takes into account the works needed to distribute the water produced in the Valdelentisco desalination plant for irrigation and urban supply to part of the Murcia Region, areas of Sucina, Los Martinez del Puerto, Alhama and Fuente Alamo and bordering adjacent areas and to the north of the post-Tajo-Segura transfer zone. It includes the propulsion works and regulating deposits to raise line 290 desalinated water, hydraulic system distribution head with conductions that work with pressure by gravity with 85 kms.

This stage takes into account the works needed to distribute the water produced in the Valdelentisco desalination plant for irrigation and urban supply to part of the Murcia Region, areas of Sucina, Los Martinez del Puerto, Alhama and Fuente Alamo and bordering adjacent areas and to the north of the post-Tajo-Segura transfer zone. It includes the propulsion works and regulating deposits to raise line 290 desalinated water, hydraulic system distribution head with conductions that work with pressure by gravity with 85 kms. And 4 annual regulation pools of an approximate volume of 4 hm3.

The works included in this action correspond to regulation and distribution works needed to supply the towns of San Juan, Alicante and San Vicente de Raspeig with desalinated water from the desalination plant of Mutxamell. The construction of three regulation tanks have been planned for this with storage capacity for 33,000 m3, 4 drives and 17 km of pipelines.

STATE OF THE ACTION:
The initiative is divided into two project divisions:

- The works of division No. 1 are in progress.

-The works of division No.2 are pending tender.

The project involves construction of a pipeline that will feed desalinated water from Águilas desalination plant to the Irrigation Communities of Puerto Lumbreras and Lorca, established along the Valle del Alto Guadalentín. The source of the pipeline is established in the Cerro Colorado reservoir, which forms part of the actions of the Águilas/Guadalentín desalination plant.

Works are underway

The purpose of the action is to provide the towns of the coastal area of Pulpí with a pipeline that will cover the supply requirements planned in the future with resources from the desalination plant of Águilas/Guadalentín. The new pipeline, with capacity to supply a flow of 2 hm3/year will complement the existing one managed by GALASA, so that between the two they can meet the daily consumption forecast for the days of maximum occupancy.

The works are pending tender.