Tag: reservoirs
Reservoirs in Spain’s Malaga will end year with 17 hectometres more than in 2021 thanks to recent rains
THE seven reservoirs in Malaga end 2022 at 37% of their capacity, with a total of 228 cubic hectometres (Hm3), which is 17 hectometres...
Spain’s Malaga reservoir levels—specifically La Concepcion—start to rise after heavy rain
THE recent rainfall has benefited reservoirs in the western Costa and Guadalhorce area.
Nearly 70mm of rain fell in a short window between Monday evening,...
Spanish reservoirs fall to 31.4% of their capacity—second lowest figure of all time
SPANISH reservoirs have lost 148 cubic hectometres of water in the last week—representing a 0.3% of their total capacity.
According to recent data from the...
The reservoir of La Viñuela, below minimum levels this autumn
Malaga’s reservoir water levels are much lower than last year, with one of the province’s main dams dangerously close to being declared a “dead...
Secrets from the deep: As reservoirs dry up across Spain, long lost ancient sites are revealed
ACROSS Spain archaeological treasures are emerging from the deep as a prolonged drought causes reservoir levels to drop to their lowest in decades.
The severe...
Recent rainfall leaves four times more water than average for March in Spain’s Malaga
MARCH has been the wettest month of the hydrological year so far, seeing four times more rain than average for this time of the...
Further flooding as Spanish rainfall reaches record books
Record rainfall in Andalucia leaves reservoirs up 20 per cent on last year. Here, heavy rain in Jerez caused the River Guadalete to flood thousands of homes
Reservoir levels highest for ten years
Wettest autumn this century refills empty water supplies