The reservoirs They have lost water again despite the rains of recent days. Last week, The water reserve registered a significant increase with the passing of the DANA which caused enormous flooding in numerous parts of the country. This time, however, despite the fact that it has continued to rain in various parts of the Peninsula, the dammed water in Spain has fallen again, although its numbers They are in a much more optimal situation than last year.
This reveals the Ministry for the Ecological Transition, which updates the reservoir figures every Tuesday. According to this organization, the dammed water has fallen in these seven days by 0.42 percentage points compared to last week, the equivalent of 235 cubic hectometers of water. With it, The reserve now stands at 51.2% of its capacity and has 28,717 cubic hectometers.
The rainfall, yes, has been “abundant” on the Mediterranean slope according to the Ministry chaired by Teresa Riberaalthough in a contrary way to usual, have affected the Atlantic slope to a lesser extent as the organism exposes. The maximum accumulated precipitation has occurred this week in Barcelona with 144.3 liters per square meter.
With the current numbers, despite the decrease, the reserve continues to be at a better situation than last year. In 2023, the reservoirs were thus in this same week of the year at 43.5% of their capacity with 24,400 cubic hectometers, that is, they were up to eight points lower. And the same thing happens when comparing the figures with those of previous years. In the last decade, The average reservation this week is at 46.4%so the dammed water is now up to five points above those records.
Southern and Eastern basins continue to improve
Regarding the situation by basins, of the total of sixteen into which the Peninsula is divided, the situation continues to be very uneven. The basins located both in the south and in the east of the peninsulas have regained water just like they did last week with DANA. Despite this, its growth this time has been much smaller.
In the east, the basin of the Júcarwhere is located Valenciagrows 0.4 points and is now at 48% of its total capacity. The internal basins of Catalonia They do the same, improving 1.62 points to 33.3% and that of Segura, located mainly in Murciagrows 0.6 points to 18.6%, although it is still the basin with the worst data in all of Spain. In the south, on the other hand, Mediterránea Andaluza improves half a point to 27.4%; that of the Guadalquivir improves one tenth to 34.8% and that of the Guadiana also rises slightly to 41.17%.
On the opposite side, the northern basins are the ones with the best data, although many of them have lost water this week due to lack of rain in their territories. The numbers from the internal basins of the Basque Country stand out especially, at 95.2% this week. After it are Eastern Cantabrian, at 89%; the Ebro basin, at 71.7%; Galicia Costa, at 69.1%; Miño-Sil, at 60.1% or Western Cantabrian, at 58% of its capacity.