2024-10-22 15:17:00
After a total of 19 consecutive weeks of losses, Spanish fields add two consecutive weeks of recovery to reach 50.0% of their reserves. After long months of uninterrupted lowering of the reservoir levels, the widespread rains that occurred in this month of October begin the usual recovery of these dates, which could continue during the rest of the month and next autumn.
Map of the evolution of water in the Spanish basins
Specifically, in the last seven days there has been a growth of 863 cubic hectometres, exactly half of its maximum capacity, for a total of 28,040 hectometers seized.. Compared to last year, this period also began the recovery of dam levels in 2023, with a similar increase at 35.6%, a figure more than 14 points lower than the current one.
The situation for river basins
The increase in reserves has been widespread across all the basins of the Peninsula, with spectacular increases such as the 4.4 point increase in the Ebro in the last seven days. In general terms, the northern basins continue to have the best percentages of dammed water, with the Basque Country and the eastern Cantabrian Sea above 90%in a technical filling situation. On the contrary, despite the rainfall, the situation shows no signs of improving in the nearby basins in the short term to the limit of 20%, as in the Andalusian Mediterranean basin or in the Guadalete-Barbate, and with an already dramatic situation in the Segura, where just 14.6% of its capacity has been blocked..
Divergent behaviors were found among the tall figures in the basins of the northern cornice, with alternating ascents and descents. The greatest growth was achieved by Galizia Costa, which rose by 2.2 points to 73.7% of the total. The eastern Cantabrian Sea also increased its reserves by 1.4 points to 90.4%. While the Basque Country remains unchanged at 90.5%, Eastern Cantabria and Miño-Sil record slight decreases of one point and six tenths respectively, while still remaining at 75.9% and 67.4%.
La Meseta is witnessing a recovery process of its two large basins. The Duero has gained two points in the last seven days and remains at 65.3% of its capacity, while the Tajo also gains 1.1 points and reaches 56.0%.
Widespread growth has also occurred in the southern half of the Atlantic which, in some cases, helps to improve the data that was beginning to be worrying.. The best numbers come again a week from Tinto, Odiel and Piedras, which gains nine tenths at 71.2%. Guadiana experienced the same growth remaining at 40.2% and an upward trend. Of greater relative importance are the climbs of Guadalquivir and Guadalete-Barbate. Guadalquivir grows by 2.1 points and stands at 32.3% of its capacity, while Guadalete-Barbate rises by six tenths and recovers slightly to 21.2%..
This numerical increase was not so widespread on the Mediterranean shore, where Most of the improvement comes from the Ebro River. In this basin, reserves increased by 4.4 points to reach 66.5%, the highest figure in the basin.. The other growth in the Mediterranean is led by the Catalonia basin, which improves by three tenths to 27.9%.
However, there was a slight decline in Júcar, which remained at 40.1%, and the Andalusian Mediterranean basin, which fell to 21.9% and began to show a worrying trend. This concern is already at its greatest in the Segura basin, which once again loses half a point per week, remains with only 14.6% of its maximum capacity and records, for another week, the worst data on the Peninsula..
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