Farmers in Nurra can count on wastewater treated by the Sassari purifier . The green light from the Province gives the rural world a new weapon to fight drought.
The measure is valid for 4 years, during which Abbanoa will be able to discharge the purified wastewater from the Funtana Veglina plant into the waters of the Caniga stream, so that they can be reused for irrigation purposes . All this while respecting stringent parameters, with Abbanoa required to present a series of documents certifying compliance with the conditions set by the Province.
"An important breath of fresh air for strawberry, corn and herbaceous plant growers," declared Tore Piana and Stefano Ruggiu, president and vice president of the Centro Studi Agricole association , who had repeatedly called for this solution.
"It's a shame we can't put the entire flow of purified water into the Cuga basin ," they continue. An old provision, Piana and Ruggiu recall, "declared the waters of the Cuga basin to have a dual purpose, civil use and irrigation use, prohibiting direct introduction into the basin. This limits the use of wastewater to the summer months only, throwing the water of the winter period into the sea; we are talking about the use of about 4/5 million liters of water in the summer months, necessary to meet immediate emergencies, compared to about 15."
Therefore they ask the Region, Province and Consortium to modify the rules, to « restore the use of the waters of the Cuga basin exclusively for agricultural use , taking note that the city of Alghero and some municipalities are served by the new Coghinas supply networks and by the possibility of a supply connection, which bypasses the Cuga and brings the water for civil use directly from the Temo reservoir of Villano Rocca Doria».
(Online Union)
