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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...
Child contracts cholera in Spain’s first reported case since 1979
A Toledo Province farm has been sealed off after a child contracted cholera by drinking water, possibly originating from a well.
It's the first recorded...
Reservoirs in Spain’s Malaga over 50% capacity with only one remaining in ‘critical’ state
SPRING in the province of Malaga has brought abundant rain and with it eased the situation in the reservoirs in the province, which had...
New pollution ‘catastrophe’ warning for Mar Menor lagoon in Spain’s Murcia region
MURCIA'S Mar Menor lagoon is facing a new 'environmental catastrophe' according to a local council.
Recent heavy rainfall and rising temperatures has led to increased...
Restaurants and bars across Spain are now required by law to offer free tap water
FOR years campaigners have been calling for Spain to make it a legal obligation to provide free tap water on demand at bars and...
Project to restore ancient Arab irrigation system underway in Spain’s Sierra Nevada
AN ancient islamic waterway in the Sierra Nevada built by Muslim peasant farmers more than a thousand years ago is being restored.
The project is...
Spain’s Axarquia to receive water from the western Costa del Sol to battle ‘exceptional drought’ despite recent rains
DESPITE recent rains, the water reservoir at La Viñuela, which supplies the Axarquia region, continues in a state of ‘exceptional drought.’
The transfer of resources...
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...
Drying up: Water disputes springing up as major drought stares Spain in the face
THE crumbling walls of a once-submerged village rising from the cracked mud of a dried up reservoir have become a powerful symbol of the...
Dry January raises drought fears in not-so rainy Spain as reservoir capacity goes down to 44%
THE second-driest January of the 21st century has sparked fresh fears of a drought in Spain.
The government conceded this Tuesday that it was monitoring...
New €60,000 drinking water network for town in Orihuela Costa region of Spain
HURCHILLO, south of Orihuela, is to renew the drinking water network that serves many parts of the town.
Ángel Noguera, Councillor for Infrastructure, announced €59,621...
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