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This is the second overflow collector in just one week, and at the same place.

The sewage to be dumped back to the nearby garden plots and the stench made breathing impossible in the environment.

Ecologists in Action report a new overflow (Wednesday, 23 sepetiembre) of waste water collection Ascoy-Cieza, passing by the place of Barratera, at the height of the place known as the "Ventorrillo."

This is the second time in just one week, that happens.

On Tuesday (September 15) the collector, which collects wastewater from residential and industrial areas Ascoy for connection to the sewage plant Cieza, also "burst" at the same point, sewage flooding the parking lot of a nearby restaurant and adjoining garden areas.

Now, eight days after it becomes to produce a new overflow, which means "the discharge of thousands of gallons of sewage and contaminated, causing not only an important environmental problem due to leaks of contaminated water into the subsoil of the garden areas but also a serious health problem both in the matter thrown out of the collector, for the unbearable stench that extends into the area and generating numerous complaints and respiratory problems "

Ecologists in Action and has filed a complaint with the Department of Health and Consumer Protection Service of the Civil Guard's Nature-SEPRONA, Segura basin-CHS and Ministry of Agriculture and Water.

In the letter of complaint, demanding an investigation to determine the causes of the continuous flooding of the collector and its malfunctioning, and to implement urgently the necessary steps to remedy its poor performance ..

Finally, in its letter, Ecologists in Action is required to determine the responsibilities that might have on the ongoing discharges of contaminated water in the area.

And in this regard recall that the waste water collection Ascoy-Cieza been in place for just a year and a half, having a cost of nearly 3 million euros, yet "since the continuing problems with odors and overflows and sewage discharges into the environment have been and are the order of the day ", so he adds someone must explain and take political responsibility for what they call real" shame. "

Source: Ecologistas en Acción