Gran Canaria will have three new communities of irrigators.

The Council approved the creation of three communities that will benefit irrigators 40 farmers in Gran Canaria.

The Governing Board of the Insular Council of Aguas del Cabildo de Gran Canaria has approved the creation of three communities of irrigators will benefit their 40 farmers, they can connect to the network insular waters to irrigate their crops and get administrative protection, the Minister of Primary Industry reported, Miguel Hidalgo.

The newly formed Community Irrigation The Ingenio is composed of ten farmers whose lands cover an area of 65.800 square meters in the municipality of Saint Lucia, where Rueda II is located, Wednesday also created, formed by 11 members and an extension 39.000 square meters.

Farmers in these two communities can use the public water flow to irrigate their smallholdings and make it an efficient infrastructure sharing.

As for the third newly founded community of irrigators, the Pajarcillo of Sequero, is composed of 18 residents of San Bartolome de Tirajana that will benefit private water for their crops, although they will have the administrative protection of the Island Water Council in the event of third party interference.

These three first communities of irrigators created this year will add another four, whose cases are under consideration and likely will be approved during this quarter.

On the other hand, the Governing Board of the Insular Council of Aguas de Gran Canaria, chaired by Antonio Morales, It approved the modification of the statutes of the inheritances water Fuente Morales, Bucio, Vegueta, Triana, The Dragonal and Briviesca, and the adaptation of the statutes of the communities of irrigators community of Aguas San Jose and Pozo de la Asomadilla.