As Spain is about to experience a long, hot, and dry summer, according to the latest weekly Hydrological Bulletin, the country´s hydraulic reserve stands at 66.3% of its total capacity (56,039 hm³), compared to 47.5% the previous year and 64.6% of the average for the last decade.
The reservoirs store 37,134 hm³ of water, increasing by 24 hm³ in the last week.
The average level of reserves on the Atlantic slope is 67.9%, where the situation in the Guadalete-Barbate basin stands out, with 29.6%.
In the basins of the Mediterranean slope, this level is 61.2%, where the internal basins of Catalonia are at 28.8% and that of Segura at 23%. Source