Faced with the drought situation, the government team is taking measures to save water and at the same time keep the municipality attractive for local residents and visitors. The local government has decided to opt for xeriscaping, an aspect of gardening which is based on the efficient use of water, using plants which require little watering and supported by decorative elements such as, in the case of our town, pine bark, volcanic stone or river pebbles.
This morning, the mayoress of Mijas, Ana Mata (PP), and the councillor for Parks and Gardens, Daniel Gómez Teruel (PP), during their visit to the Mijas Pueblo access roundabout, where work is being carried out to implement this system, highlighted the value of this measure, which they began to adopt in November in response to the drought situation. "In this path to try to consume as little water as possible we have at the same time to try to keep our municipality as aesthetically beautiful as possible to ensure that visitors and residents are happy with the place where we live and visit", said Mata.
Progressively, work is being carried out at various points in the town, mainly on roundabouts, where there is an irrigation system to implement this method. "In Mijas, work is underway on seven roundabouts and the intention of the government team and, in this case, the councillor for the area, is to cover all those areas that until now needed irrigation, to transform them with this system so that water consumption is as low as possible, but also to meet the objective we have, which is that Mijas continues to be more beautiful every day and also to innovate in this area such as landscaping".
So far, work has been carried out on seven roundabouts and islets throughout the three population centres, such as those located at the entrances to the Vistazul and Bellavista urbanisations and at the CEIP El Olmo school.
The ornamental elements that are being used by the Town Hall to keep these places beautified are varied, as well as water-saving plants. "We are going to be pioneers here in using recycled glass, which had not been done before, looking quite attractive, and which had already been used in the Canary Islands and Lanzarote for some time", declared the councillor for Parks and Gardens, who added that river pebbles and volcanic stone are being used, as well as plants with low water requirements".
The Mijas Town Hall assures that the fourth drought decree signed by the Andalusian Regional Government has set out the roadmap to follow. "The 'Junta' set a target of 160 litres per person and we as a public administration and Town Hall also have to make that effort because there is not enough water to supply everyone and, since then, the government team, through the Department for Parks and Gardens, began to look for alternatives to adapt to the new reality".
In the coming months, work will progress until all the roundabouts in the municipality have been covered.
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