The service will be restored once it is confirmed that the water meets all health guarantees and is suitable for human consumption.
Water tank trucks are being kept at the medical office to ensure the supply of drinking water to the residents.
In terms of cleaning work on roads and secondary roads, the necessary tasks to ensure access to the affected houses have already been carried out.
Ángel Meca, Mayor of Pidanías: «Although the pipeline defects have been resolved, we want to be cautious and make sure that the water meets quality standards. The analysis requires a process, so we will not have the results for at least 24 hours.»
On March 5, 2025, the Lorca Municipal Council completed the repair work on the drinking water network after the breakdown caused by heavy rains last Sunday in the Ramonte district. This was announced on Thursday by the Water and Píanías Councilor, Ángel Meca Ruzafa, who explained that «the pipes have already been repaired and are charged. Currently, their purging and cleaning are ensured to guarantee that the service is restored with full health guarantees.»
Ángel Meca emphasized that a water sample was taken this morning for analysis, to ensure that the supply is completely suitable for human consumption. «Although the faults have already been resolved, we want to be cautious and make sure that the water meets all quality standards. The analysis requires a process, so we will not have the results for at least 24 hours and we will not restore the service until we are certain that the water is safe,» detailed the mayor.
He also recalled that, given this situation, the Municipal Council has already established an alternative supply service through a tanker truck system, installed at the door of the Ramonet Medical Office, which will continue to be available to residents until full drinking water is restored.
Regarding the cleaning work on roads and secondary roads, the councilor of plates indicated that the necessary work has already been carried out to ensure access to the affected houses. «There are still shots to be taken somehow, but we are assessing the weather evolution, because if we remove them now and new rains appear, we could find the same situation,» he explained, «the main thing was to ensure that all residents could access their homes, and this goal has already been achieved.» He also wanted to thank the efforts of the pedinadores in the affected areas, such as Garrutullo, Ramonete, and Mora, at the time of coordinating and supervising these tasks.
The Mayor of Pidanías also noted that the damages caused by the rains exceed half a million euros, with a special condition for the road and water supply network in Ramonte. The members of the special device launched by the Municipal Council have been working continuously since last Saturday, which has restored a certain normality in road communications, after having proceeded to remove tons caused by drainage, in addition to the fact that they participated in incidents of the power grid. In addition, small maintenance actions were carried out on the Ramble de Periban of the municipal property.
Finally, he indicated that the local council, under the mayor’s supervision, maintains the emergency device against possible new precipitation episodes. «We are ready to act in case of intense rain, although the ideal would be for the rain to continue falling moderately, as before, without generating complications,» he concluded.
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