Hydraulic resources specialists qualify as strategic the Waste Treatment Plant (PTR by its Spanish initials) of that isle in the north of Ciego de Ávila, in the testing phase of its systems and about to come into operation, for being an elementary pillar in the preservation of the environment and the care of the ecosystem in that area of tourism development.
The plant, with the capacity to process 4,800 cubic meters of wastewater per day (m3 / d), in addition to be one of the largest in the country among those installed in a similar sun and beach destination, is the fifth existing in Jardines del Rey and with it the network of this type of facilities in that emporium is completed, Guillermo Pérez Quiala, director of the Ciego de Ávila Hydraulic Projects Company, said.
In addition to that of Romano (benefits that islet, Paredón Grande and Antón Chico), there is another PTR in Guillermo and three in Coco (east, west and Palma Real), which respond to the known State Plan for Confronting Climate Change as Life Task, approved by the Council of Ministers at the end of April 2017, while the northern cays of Ciego de Ávila, together with those of Villa Clara and Camagüey, are among the priority areas for being vulnerable places and wide-ranging turistic development.
Hiorvanys Espinosa Pérez, delegate of hydraulic resources in Ciego de Ávila, revealed that, when it comes into operation, the total volume of water processed by the five plants of the cays would exceed 15,500 m3 / d, higher than that generated by all tourist facilities from that destination at full capacity.
The manager specified that, in the case of reuse, there is a program so that by the end of this year all the PTRs are at full capacity and deliver water with the necessary quality to be used in the irrigation of green areas, since the current supply is only limited to the Los Flamencos area, where there are five hotels.
Waste water, or gray water, as it is also known, is generally contaminated with different types of soluble and insoluble substances and must be subjected to treatments for reuse and recycling, in accordance with the regulations issued by the Ministry of Sciences, Technology and Environment.