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Rio Laugh and Ecologists in Action-region of Murcia has celebrated this year the "Big Jump" Segura river in its passage through Cieza, the river beach of Los Alamos, a place that holds a restoration project river by river laughs.

The "Big Jump" is an initiative of the European Rivers Network, ERN, supported by different European organizations.

From Rio Ecologists in Action and laughs are reminded that "the EU has set 2015 as the date on which should have recovered the good ecological status of European rivers. This is, then, bathing in the waters of our rivers must be a reality. "

This time the "Great Leap" was held on Sunday July 10 at 13:00.

And the venue was the site of "Los Alamos", on the right bank of the River Segura, it passes through Cieza.

Alfonso Diaz, spokesman for the Rio Laugh, explained that "this place was chosen for being an example of how we work to improve our rivers, and this certainly goes for the recovery of riparian forests."

A job for several years organizations such as Rio Rie and Ecologists in Action, among others, carried out at various points in the Segura basin.

For his part, Pedro Luengo, regional coordinator for Ecologists in Action, explained: "The Big Jump is a leisure activity is festive bathing in all the rivers of Europe and also to keep the habit on this occasion we take the opportunity to continue to report situations that threaten the quality of our rivers. "

Vindictive nature, require the removal of pollutants discharged

The situation in the hills above Los Alamos in contrast to other parts of the region, as the dam of * eyes *, to polluting discharges reaching the White Industrial Estate through the Rambla de San Roque.

This is an industrial complex that has grown in recent years considerably, but still has no system of sewage treatment.

From both environmental organizations claim that "there are companies like Prieto Prieto Paper Chemistry and 20 years who have polluted the river Segura."

* Both organizations have used this "dip" protest to denounce a situation they describe as "shameful", * and have moved before the "Big Jump" to the industrial estate where they unfurled banners demanding an end to polluting discharges to the Segura .

Source: Ecologistas en Acción