07.02.12.
The City of Caravaca de la Cruz, through the concessionaire Aqualia water service, will carry out a plan for analyzing the water quality for public consumption.
Thus, it meets with the Royal Decree of the Ministry of Health requesting local authorities preparing a periodic report that reflects the state of the main parameters of municipal drinking water.
To date the analytical tests were conducted in public water systems and municipal facilities and with this new measure is intended to make a check of houses, mostly of older homes, both urban case as in the districts.
"This way we want to detect possible changes driven by the deterioration of facilities and networks of lead or other metals because of their age are in a state of corrosion," said Councillor for Urban Development and Services, Salvador Gomez.
To have a significant sampling, are to be made about ninety analytical, controlling odor, taste, turbidity, conductivity and chlorine levels, ph.
or coliform bacteria, and other parameters related to substances harmful to health.
These controls allow consumer taps to check the status of water and inform health authorities about the status of it.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Caravaca de la Cruz