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Doñana’s biggest lagoon in Spain’s Huelva dries up for second year in a row marking unprecedented occurrence

THE largest permanent lagoon within the Doñana ecosystem, Santa Olalla, has now dried up entirely for the second year running. This alarming phenomenon has not

13 Aug, 2023 @ 12:00

Environment·Malaga

Spain sees olive oil price war as supermarkets FINALLY lower the cost of ‘liquid gold’

Olive oil prices rocket to sky-high levels as olive harvests get ravaged by drought across Spain

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es OLIVE OIL price rises are showing no sign of slowing down in Spain with the cost of a

9 Aug, 2023 @ 12:51

Environment·Lead·National News·Weather

Conde del Guadalhorce reservoir in Spain’s Malaga hits new record low

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es MALAGA’S Conde del Guadalhorce reservoir has reached an unprecedented low. The reservoir now stands at just 19.2% of

8 Aug, 2023 @ 09:30

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Reservoirs continue drying up despite heavy weekend storms bringing torrential rain across Spain

Spain’s reservoirs have more capacity than 2022 but serious problems continue in parts of country

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es SPAIN’S reservoirs were at 42.2% of total capacity at the start of August- 1.8% more than a year

3 Aug, 2023 @ 11:29

Andalucia·Catalunya·Environment·Lead·National News

Mijas bans using drinking water in golf courses to battle the drought

MIJAS Town Hall has forbidden the use of drinking water in golf courses to tackle the current drought. The local government has announced a series

2 Aug, 2023 @ 18:00

Andalucia·Environment·Lead

Water Crisis in Spain’s Malaga: August starts with half the water supply compared to last year and 30 towns under restrictions

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es MALAGA faces the month of August with a dire water situation, holding only half the amount of water

2 Aug, 2023 @ 08:45

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Rio Chillar in Spain’s Malaga threatened by drought and overcrowding

RIO CHILLAR, nestled in Malaga’s picturesque landscape, faces a dual threat as drought and overcrowding cast a shadow on its once vibrant ecosystem. With crystal-clear

1 Aug, 2023 @ 11:15

Environment·Lead·Malaga

European Commission Threatens Spain Over Water Extraction Plans For Andalucia's Doñana National Park

Doñana’s biggest lagoon in Spain’s Huelva faces second consecutive year of drying up

THE largest lagoon in Spain’s Huelva region, situated within the Doñana Natural Park, faces the ominous prospect of drying up for the second consecutive year.

26 Jul, 2023 @ 10:15

Andalucia·Environment·Huelva·Lead

Drought Forces Earliest grape harvest in continental Europe to be brought forward

Drought forces earliest grape harvest in continental Europe to be even earlier

THE harvest season in Montilla-Moriles, Cordoba, is one of the first to commence in the whole of Europe and this year it will start even

18 Jul, 2023 @ 18:30

Cordoba·Environment·Food & Drink·Lead

Droughts and hailstorms cause 50% drop in melon and watermelon harvest in Spain's Costa Blanca and Valencia area

Extreme weather brutalises melon and watermelon harvest in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

FARMING UNION, Unio Llaudadora, says extreme weather has forced a 50% fall in this year’s melon and watermelon harvest in the Valencian Community. The union

18 Jul, 2023 @ 10:30

Costa Blanca·Environment·Food & Drink·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain’s Axarquia to receive water from the Western Costa del Sol to battle ‘exceptional drought’ despite recent rainsLa Viñuela Credit Wikimedia

Viñuela reservoir in Spain’s Malaga drops to historic low

LA VIÑUELA reservoir in Malaga has sunk to just 8.94% of its total capacity, hitting a new historic low. Until now the reservoir had never

18 Jul, 2023 @ 09:15

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Spain’s Malaga faces possible water restrictions as of September

Town in Spain’s Malaga limited to just 6 hours of running water a day

THE Malaga town of Casabermeja has implemented significant water restrictions in a bid to curb water usage. The municipality of Casabermeja, which stretches from Montes

17 Jul, 2023 @ 17:15

Malaga

Water restrictions round-up as nearly 400,000 residents is Spain’s Malaga suffer water limitations to some degree due to drought crisis

WITH extreme temperatures, little rain, and low water reserves, more and more municipalities in Malaga are limiting water usage. Benalmádena, Alhaurín de la Torre, Rincon

11 Jul, 2023 @ 14:15

Environment·Lead·Malaga

British tourist, 23, seriously injured after falling into hotel swimming pool in Ibiza

Drought crisis sees first closures of swimming pools and dismissals of lifeguards in Spain’s Malaga

THE growing drought crisis is placing hundreds of swimming pools in inland Malaga under threat. The water supply restrictions have arrived earlier than expected. Back

7 Jul, 2023 @ 09:15

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Drought crisis measures introduced in Spain’s Ronda

RONDA has banned the use of drinking water for filling swimming pools, watering gardens and washing cars. The measures come following notification from the Junta

7 Jul, 2023 @ 08:00

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Reservoirs in Spain’s Andalucia suffer biggest weekly drop in water reserves of the year

THE sizzling start to the summer has seen water reserves in Andalucia drop to alarming levels. In fact, in the last week, the reservoirs in

6 Jul, 2023 @ 09:00

Andalucia·Environment·Lead·Other News

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Spain’s Torremolinos to cut off water supply to 50% of beach showers

DROUGHT crisis measures are being introduced on western strip of the Costa del Sol, including Torremolinos. Despite initial forecasts that water restrictions wouldn’t take place

6 Jul, 2023 @ 08:45

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Rincon de la Victoria in Spain’s Malaga to cut off water supply to beach showers due to severe drought

FOR the second summer in a row, Rincon de la Victoria will cut off water supply to it’s beach facilities. Given that the La Viñuela

4 Jul, 2023 @ 09:53

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Andauernde Hitze: Trockenheit In Der Spanischen Region Extremadura

Spain starts summer with drought in nearly 40% of the country

THE BEGINNING of the summer on Wednesday, June 21 was marked by a situation of drought in nearly 40% of the country. That’s according to

22 Jun, 2023 @ 18:30

Lead·Weather

Estepona to build desalination plant after recent storms fail to halt dwindling water supplies

AFTER a disappointing week of stormy weather that failed to replenish reservoirs, Estepona town hall has decided to go ahead with plans to construct a

16 Jun, 2023 @ 16:45

Environment·Lead·Malaga·Weather

Spain’s Guadalquivir basin suffers the longest drought since 1970

ANDALUCIA is going through one of its most complicated moments in terms of water scarcity in its history. Southern Spain has not seen its reservoirs

16 Jun, 2023 @ 08:00

Andalucia·Environment·Lead

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Experts slam Doñana’s new plan to grant watering rights to farmers

TECHNICIANS have condemned the new plan to grant watering rights to farmers around Doñana’s National Park. A report published by Guadalquivir Hydrographic Confederation’s (GHC) regulatory

13 Jun, 2023 @ 09:30

Andalucia·Environment·Lead

Emergency works sanctioned to clean the water in Malaga’s Viñuela reservoir as levels drop below 10% and drought continues

THE Viñuela reservoir is set to undergo emergency works aimed at improving water quality that Malagueños drink. The drastic measure is a response to the

7 Jun, 2023 @ 19:00

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Spain’s Malaga to recover water supply to beach showers on June 15

THE CAPITAL of the Costa del Sol will recover its beach shower water supply next week—but with possible restrictions. The drought crisis in Malaga worsens

6 Jun, 2023 @ 09:15

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Lemon harvest falls by 40% in Spain’s Costa Blanca with high production costs blamed

HIGH PRODUCTION costs have slashed Alicante province’s lemon harvest by 40% compared to last year. Alicante’s Asaja young farmers association said that 800,000 tons of

5 Jun, 2023 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Lead·Valencian Community

Orange alert for heavy rain and storms for parts of Costa Blanca and Valencia

May rainfall records tumble in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Murcia areas

RAINFALL records have been smashed in the Murcia region with the State Meteorological Agency(Aemet) saying that it was the wettest May in the area since

1 Jun, 2023 @ 11:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia·Torrevieja·Valencian Community·Weather

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Doñana’s biggest lagoon in Spain’s Huelva dries up for second year in a row marking unprecedented occurrence

Olive oil prices rocket to sky-high levels as olive harvests get ravaged by drought across Spain

Conde del Guadalhorce reservoir in Spain’s Malaga hits new record low

Spain’s reservoirs have more capacity than 2022 but serious problems continue in parts of country

Mijas bans using drinking water in golf courses to battle the drought

Water Crisis in Spain’s Malaga: August starts with half the water supply compared to last year and 30 towns under restrictions

Rio Chillar in Spain’s Malaga threatened by drought and overcrowding

Doñana’s biggest lagoon in Spain’s Huelva faces second consecutive year of drying up

Drought forces earliest grape harvest in continental Europe to be even earlier

Extreme weather brutalises melon and watermelon harvest in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

Viñuela reservoir in Spain’s Malaga drops to historic low

Town in Spain’s Malaga limited to just 6 hours of running water a day

Water restrictions round-up as nearly 400,000 residents is Spain’s Malaga suffer water limitations to some degree due to drought crisis

Drought crisis sees first closures of swimming pools and dismissals of lifeguards in Spain’s Malaga

Drought crisis measures introduced in Spain’s Ronda

Reservoirs in Spain’s Andalucia suffer biggest weekly drop in water reserves of the year

Spain’s Torremolinos to cut off water supply to 50% of beach showers

Rincon de la Victoria in Spain’s Malaga to cut off water supply to beach showers due to severe drought

Spain starts summer with drought in nearly 40% of the country

Estepona to build desalination plant after recent storms fail to halt dwindling water supplies

Spain’s Guadalquivir basin suffers the longest drought since 1970

Experts slam Doñana’s new plan to grant watering rights to farmers

Emergency works sanctioned to clean the water in Malaga’s Viñuela reservoir as levels drop below 10% and drought continues

Spain’s Malaga to recover water supply to beach showers on June 15

Lemon harvest falls by 40% in Spain’s Costa Blanca with high production costs blamed

May rainfall records tumble in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Murcia areas

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Demand in Spain is going through the roof – but a massive one in five of the country’s most in-demand property hotspots are located in just one province

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