Issue No. 1936 11 - 17 August 2022
COSTA DE ALMERIA • EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM
Linda Hall RAMON FERNANDEZ‐ PACHECO visited the Cabo de Gata salt beds on August 5. The former Almeria City mayor who now heads the regional government’s De‐ partment of Sustainability, Environment and the Blue Economy, was there to see first‐hand the damaged channel which prevents sea‐ water from flowing into the now‐dry salt beds. These dried up owing to the torrential spring rains which washed stones and gravel into the area, block‐ ing and damaging the all‐im‐ portant channel. As well as a going commercial concern, Las Salinas are also home to thousands of birds, most of which have had to migrate to wetlands in other Spanish provinces or further afield to Europe and Africa. Thanking the Junta’s Envi‐ ronment Delegation to Almeria Province and the
Photo credit: Junta de Almeria
SALINAS SAVED
COMPLICATED PROJECT: Ramon Fernandez-Pacheco inspects the work in progress.
Union Salinera salt produc‐ tion company for their ef‐ forts in solving the problem, Fernandez‐Pacheco listened to plans for repairing the channel. Joseph Perez, Union Salin‐ era’s industrial director for Spain, explained that spe‐ cialists have now been brought in to remove sedi‐ ment from the channel. This
is expected to take between six and eight weeks, he added. Talking to the Spanish media, Fernandez‐Pacheco said he was confident that work would be carried out on schedule, provided that this was not interrupted by adverse weather condi‐ tions in the shape of heavy rains or a DANA high alti‐
tude depression. Either could hinder the complicated project to solve the current problem and prevent a repetition in fu‐ ture, he said. Much of the work involves subterranean galleries carried out by expe‐ rienced miners from As‐ turias and Leon in the north of Spain, the Environment chief explained.
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