Nearly 37 million euros to save water in irrigation in Girona
Description
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is carrying out two projects to modernise 3,492 hectares of irrigated land in the province of Girona, with a total investment of 36.85 million euros.
The works will benefit 1,274 irrigators in the municipalities of Albons, Bellcaire d'Empordà, L'Escala, La Tallada d'Empordà, Torroella de Montgrí, Pals, Gualta, Fontanilles, Palau-Sator, Ullastret, Serra de Daró, Verges and Viladamat. The aim of the projects is to reduce energy costs by installing photovoltaic solar panels and implementing remote control systems to digitalise irrigation management .
One of the projects will modernise the irrigation community of the Colomers dam, which until now was supplied by a pipeline connected to the Ter river weir, thanks to a previous work by the ministry. The second project involves the modernisation of the distribution network of the irrigation community of Rec de Molí de Pals.