The Government of the Region of Murcia requests a moratorium until 2033 on the closure of the aquifers.

The Government of the Region of Murcia has urged the Government of Spain to request from the European Union "a moratorium on the closure of aquifers until 2033, as allowed by the Water Framework Directive when there are technical and economic reasons that prevent meeting the objectives in 2027, and it is evident that in this case these reasons exist." This was announced by the president of the Community, Fernando López Miras, during the open assembly organized by the Central Syndicate of the Tajo-Segura Aqueduct Irrigators (Scrats) to analyze the closure of wells scheduled for 2027. López Miras explained that the regional government will take the claim for the moratorium until 2033 "wherever it is necessary" and defended that the central government must commit to this new deadline, since it is "the right thing to do." Regarding the economic reasons that justify this moratorium, López Miras recalled that a study by the University of Alicante reflects that the closure of the wells ...