Calheta Water Reservoir Costs 1.8 Million Euros

In Search of Hope – by Sam Gannon

Seconded to the parish of Tililngdon, the Reverend Dolores has been presented with a challenge.

She’s living in an antiquated house and she’s cold. Furthermore, her new Bishop, Bishop Alice does not approve of ‘showgirls in dog collars.’

Determined to prove the Bishop wrong, she sets about warming her house – who cares if it smells of horse! There is the crochet club, jumble sale, and soup run to organise. And this year, the church bells will ring, no matter what threats are made. Even more so, the newly formed choir will spread a little joy this Christmas, even though they can’t sing – yet! And with a little help from Phil, her bassist, this year could be full of magic.

However, she has a fight on her hands as the townies out in Knob Hill – she must stop calling it that, are trying to stop her from ringing her bells. When Krystal with a K decides to do some volunteer work, Dolores sets out to see just how committed she really is.

Up to her ears in granny squares and squawking choristers, Dolores is revving up for Christmas, yet a deeper darker secret is beginning to emerge!

A secret that could blow the whole parish apart and put Dolores in danger.

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This morning, the President of the Government Regional, Miguel Albuquerque, visited the new Lombo do Salão Irrigation Water Reservoir in Calheta.

This new infrastructure represents an investment of 1.8 million euros, co-financed under the Rural Development Programme of the Autonomous Region of Madeira – PRODEU 2020.

This irrigation tank, built by ARM, has a capacity of 3,000 m3, in reinforced concrete, which will allow: increased availability of water to farmers in the parish of Calheta; increase the capacity of water storage; improve the quality of service provided and contribute to the sustainability of the agricultural sector.

The construction of the Lombo do Salão Irrigation Water Reservoir will benefit 716 irrigators, 673 farms, in an area of 70.07 hectares, in the parish of Calheta.

The reservoir is built from reinforced concrete and equipped with command and automation equipment, online supervision and telecommunications, with interconnection to the ARM Remote Management Centre (located in Funchal), which allows for remote control operations.

Samantha Gannon

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