Aljustrel: Six years later, the Purple dam gets Alqueva water.
Six years after the then Prime Minister, José Sócrates, have opened the Central Mini- Water Purple, the connection, through the primary network with the Alqueva dam, transported water to the dam Purple.
"This is the time to justify the construction of Alqueva", said Minister of Agriculture, moments before inviting Phil Hogan, European Commissioner for Agriculture, Press the button that allows the dam Purple, located in Aljustrel municipality, receiving water from Alqueva.
The act happened 6 years after the then Prime Minister, José Sócrates, have opened the Central Mini- Water Purple, the connection, through the primary network with the Alqueva dam.
Since yesterday the Purple dam is receiving 15 million m3 of water, coming from the largest artificial lake in Europe, "Mother Water", located more than fifty kilometers, in the municipalities of Moura and Portel and operated by edia.
In addition to the "arrival of water", Capoulas Santos revealed that, Shot through Juncker, EDIA will apply to the European Investment Bank "to a loan 500 million, for various gender projects to recover in Portugal ", justified.
According to the holder of Agriculture folder, "200 million will be to complete Alqueva 2020", concluded.
In speeches after the arrival of water to the Purple, the president of the irrigators association, José Parreira, He explained that this would be a year of deep economic concern for the region ", adding that it is necessary that "all users, including public supply, comply with their obligations ", finished.
In turn Capoulas Santos, left messages to critical building Alqueva saying "I heard heads thinking very well to say that it was an unnecessary project. This is the best answer ", devaluing building minibarragens.
The concluded Phil Hogan, began by recalling that the very money that has cost Alqueva, the Community "has given substantial assistance", adding that the new crop of Purple, like poppies to produce morphine and salvation of life "will be the hallmark of this important moment", concluded.
According to information edia, the price of water in the Primary Network is 4 cents per m3, but in the case Purple, as is the first year supply from Alqueva "has a 70%", concluded.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
