The Spanish water reserve is at 51.5 percent of its capacity

With summer only a short time away, concerns are being raised as the Spanish water reserve is not yet increasing, although we do have the spring rain season yet to hit the country.

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The Spanish water reserve is at 51.5 percent of its total capacity. The reservoirs currently store 28,889 cubic hectometres (hm³) of water, decreasing in the last week by 123 cubic hectometres (0.2 percent of the current total capacity of the reservoirs).

The reservation by areas is as follows:

• Cantábrico Oriental se encuentra 83,6%
• Cantábrico Occidental 79,2%
• Miño-Sil 78,4%
• Galicia Costa 83,3%
• Cuencas internas del País Vasco 81%
• Duero 69,7%
• Tajo 62,7%
• Guadiana 34,6%
• Tinto, Odiel y Piedras 67,7%
• Guadalete-Barbate 29,3%
• Guadalquivir 25,6%
• Cuenca Mediterránea Andaluza 37,1%
• Segura 35,9%
• Júcar 61,6%
• Ebro 57,2%
• Cuencas internas de Cataluña 26,9%

Rainfall has been scarce throughout Spain. The maximum has been produced in San Sebastián – Donostia with 22.0 mm (22.0 l/m²).

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