The lack of rain and the high temperatures of the last few days have caused descent of 449 cubic hectometers (hm3) of water in the reservoirs, which this week accumulated 27,040 hm3, 48.2% of its total capacity.
According to data from the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (mite), the rains were scarce in the mediterranean side and affected the Atlantic slope, producing the most in Pontevedra, with 20 liters per square meter.
Despite being the ones that accumulate the most water, the reduction of the water reserve also occurred in the internal basins of the Basque Country, which in March were at full capacity and this week accumulate 90.5%.
The Tagus and Segura basins account for 47.3% and 44.3%, respectively. The Guadalete-Barbate (33.9%), Guadiana (30.3%) basins are still below half of their total capacity, and the one that accumulates the least water is the Guadalquivir, with 30%.
basins | Ability | Current | dammed |
eastern cantabrian | 73 | 63 | 86.3% |
west cantabrian | 518 | 331 | 63.9% |
Minho-Sil | 3,030 | 1,649 | 54.4% |
coast of Galicia | 684 | 465 | 68.0% |
Internal Basque Country | twenty one | 19 | 90.5% |
Douro | 7,507 | 4,164 | 55.5% |
Block | 11,056 | 5,230 | 47.3% |
Guadiana | 9,498 | 2,874 | 30.3% |
Red, Odiel and Stones | 229 | 176 | 76.9% |
Guadalete-Barbate | 1,651 | 560 | 33.9% |
Guadalquivir | 8,113 | 2,434 | 30.0% |
andalusian mediterranean | 1,174 | 601 | 51.2% |
Safe | 1,140 | 505 | 44.3% |
jucar | 2,846 | 1,846 | 64.9% |
ebro | 7,919 | 5,734 | 72.4% |
Catalunya inland | 677 | 389 | 57.5% |
TOTAL | 56,136 | 27,040 | 48.2% |