The CHG begins the precautionary sealing of 25 unlawful wells close to Doñana in Huelva

The Guadalquivir Hydrographic Confederation (CHG) has begun this week the adoption of provisional measures to seal 25 catchments within the space of ​​Doñana, in Huelva, having closed 13 of those wells.

This operation has had the collaboration of the Civil Guard, which has additionally carried out these actions in current days in seven catchments of the Vega del Guadalquivir, in Seville, the place 4 have been closed on a precautionary foundation so far.

As reported by the CHG in a notice, these measures are carried out to “shield” water assets and “”assure the overall pursuits”, with the goal of counteracting the consequences of the drought.

The actions include the requirement to the property of the extraction of the pumping gear put in within the catchments, with a purpose to proceed instantly to its sealing.

In Huelva, these operations happen above all within the municipalities of Almonte, Lucena del Puerto, Bonares and Rociana del Condado, exactly the identical ones affected by the invoice being processed by the Andalusian Parliament for the regularization of irrigation within the Northern Crown.

one 12 months of analysis

Likewise, within the province of Huelva, the CHG has proceeded to examine and draw up a report on different current collections in the identical space.

On the opposite hand, the seven catchments are positioned in Seville, particularly in Alcolea del Río and Villanueva del Río y Minas.

These interventions are the results of analysis that has been carried out for a 12 months on the irregular use of floor and groundwater for irrigation of citrus fruits and, to a lesser extent, olive groves on this space of ​​the province of Seville, an operation that has allowed the detection of irrigation tens of hectares illegally, in response to the CHG.

Likewise, additionally with the help and collaboration of the Civil Guard and underneath judicial authorization to enter the property, the CHG has proceeded to the subsidiary pressured execution consisting of the elimination of pipes and any factor that permits the abusive assortment of groundwater in two wells on the Partido de Resina farm, in Aznalcázar, in a physique of water declared in danger.

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