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Locals in over 10 Castilla y Leon municipalities are drinking non-potable water
Residents of Valladolid (Castilla y Leon) and 10 towns within its province are consuming non-drinkable water.
The water in these municipalities has nitrate levels over...
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...
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...
Recent rains stabalise supplies in Spain’s Costa del Sol and Guadalhorce
THE heavy rain in the last few days, specifically yesterday Sunday May 21, have helped stabalise water supplies in Malaga province, especially on the...
Tourists consume over half the water in some areas of the Balearic Islands
TOURISM has been found to account for more than half of water consumption in some areas of the Balearic Islands.
This is the finding by...
Andalucia’s reservoirs fall to 27.7% of their storage capacity
Andalucian reservoirs are currently at 27,7% of their total capacity, the Junta has reported.
This is an overall 0.34% decrease compared to last week, a...
Meta’s planned data centre for Toledo town will require ‘660 million litres of water a year’
A PLANNED data centre that will serve Facebook and Instagram owner Meta is due to be built in the Toledo municipality of Talavera de...
Spain’s Malaga faces possible water restrictions as of September
THE lack of rainfall and critical drought situation in Malaga means that the province, as the whole of Andalucia, may face water restrictions this...
Water supply on the Costa del Sol guaranteed for the summer despite drought crisis in Spain
THE water supply for the Costa del Sol is guaranteed for the summer despite the ongoing crises of droughts, wildfires and soaring temperatures.
Tourism officials...
New plan to grant watering rights to farmers near Spain’s Doñana National Park sparks outrage
A FRESH row has broken out over the future of the Doñana National Park in Andalucia, after the regional parliament approved legislation on Wednesday...
Most of Spain is affected by water shortages says management company
THREE-QUARTERS of Spain is affected by water shortages according to reports from water management company Aqualia.
Spain has been struggling with ongoing droughts since 2017...
Spain’s Andalucia commitment to supply drought-hit Axarquia with 31 hectometres of water this year
DESPITE the wet spell in December, the water levels of the Axarquía’s La Viñuela reservoir remain critical.
The reservoir reached an all-time low of 9.1%...
‘It’s surreal’: Residents in shock after council cuts off water supply to Malaga homes
A Malaga council is facing a class action after it allegedly ‘cut off’ the water supply to dozens of homes in an idyllic white...
DROUGHT CRISIS: Viñuela reservoir in Spain’s Malaga equals all-time low
THE Viñuela reservoir in Axarquia is at 9.2% of its capacity, a figure it has only reached once before, in 2008.
The lack of rainfall...
More rain and solutions needed as reservoirs sink to 21.4% of their capacity in Spain’s Andalucia
THE reservoirs in Andalucia have lost 13 cubic hectometres of water in the last week and now hold 2,398 out of a total of...
La Viñuela in Spain’s Malaga about to equal its historical minimum
WATER levels in Malaga reservoirs continue to drop at an alarming rate, especially in the Viñuela which has reached a ‘critical’ situation.
According to the...
Spain’s Andalucia forms expert team on drought amid increasing water scarcity concerns
WITH water levels in Andalucian reservoirs continuing to drop at an alarming rate, sitting at an unsettling 23% of their capacity, the Junta has...
First restrictions on water consumption and irrigation in Spain’s Axarquia and the Guadalhorce Valley
AXARQUIA towns and villages have been called on to save water due to the critical situation of La Viñuela reservoir.
The critical situation of La...
Emergency services attend 42 calls to assist with near fatal drowning in Spain’s Malaga during July and August
THE Health emergency number 061 has assisted 130 SOS calls for near fatal drowning in Andalucia between the months of July and August this...
Water year ends in Spain’s Malaga as one of the driest in recent decades
MALAGA faces the final stretch of the hydrological year (a time period of 12 months for which precipitation totals are measured) as one of...
Spanish reservoirs fall by a further 0.9% in the last week to a sinking 35.9% capacity
SPANISH reservoirs have lost 528 cubic hectometres of water in the last week—representing a 0.9% of their total capacity.
According to recent data from the...
Taps back on: Gibraltar water supply back to 100% capacity after weeks of shortages following tunnel fire
MOST residents of Gibraltar will again be able to ‘enjoy supply from their taps’ this week, said the local water company after an Eastside...
Capital of Spain’s Costa del Sol rules out cutting water for showers on beaches—despite drought concerns
THE beaches of Malaga City will continue to provide water for beach showers.
Three localities on the coast of the Costa del Sol Axarquia have...
Reservoirs in Spain’s Andalucia stand at an unsettling 28.33%
WATER levels in Andalucian reservoirs continue to drop at an alarming rate.
In fact in the last week, reservoirs in Andalucia have lost 96 cubic...
Temperature hits record high in polluted Mar Menor lagoon in Spain
THE current heatwave has seen a record temperature high for the waters of the Mar Menor lagoon in Murcia.
The Mar Menor Scientific Committee said...
Three municipalities in Spain’s Malaga to cut off water supply to beach showers due to severe drought
RESTRICTIONS on water usage at several of Malaga beaches are in place as of today, August 1, due to the worrying drought situation.
The drought...
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