ioxigeno

Oxygen for the "Albufera"

In accordance with this that the people in charge of the Natural Park have indicated, the depurated water that comes out of Emarsa is very beneficial for the fauna and flora that is developed in the Albufera, since it supposes an injection of clean and oxygenated water face the high quantity of dirty and polluted water that runs through the irrigation ditch that ends in the lagoon.

The bacillus, micro-organisms and pollutants of industrial origin, which are in this dirty and polluted water, consume oxygen that exists in the water of the "Albufera". This complicates the animals and plants life that grow in this area. However, the water that comes from the Pinedo's Waterworks, which is charged of oxygen, contributes to the maintenance and regeneration of the "Albufera".

Nowadays, the "Albufera" receives approximately 4000 m3. of depurated water in Emarsa. They constitute the surpluses of water that are used for watering more or less 15.000 anegadas of rice which end in the lagoon because of the gravity. According to the people in charge of the Natural Park, the tenth part of the water comes from the Pinedo's Waterworks and is very necessary for the maintenance of this humid area.

Despite this affirmation, the depurated water in Emarsa contains nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorous, between others. These nutrients are very beneficial for all kind of plants but not for the "Albufera". The excess of nutrients doesn't favour to the water of the lagoon since it produces the phenomenon called "eutrofizacion", it means, water with too much nourishment that makes a non-controlled growing of seaweed.

For this reason, it has been contemplated the establishment of a "Biologic Caudal" in the enlargement works that are being made in the installations of the Pinedo's Waterworks. It will eliminate the phosphorous and the nitrogen which are the main cause of the "eutrofización".