Spain’s reservoirs continue to grow and do so for the eleventh consecutive week. These days, the water reserve of our country has grown 0.2 percentage points Regarding last week due to the rains and the Dana that has affected some parts of the country. With this, reservoir water Record a new maximum in the last three years and specifically establishes 77.1% of its total capacity.
This is extracted from the figures published this Tuesday by the Ministry for Ecological Transitionwhich updates the figures of the reservoirs week by week. According to this organism, the rains They have been abundant throughout the peninsulaalthough the maximum precipitation has occurred in Girona, where 98.5 liters per square meter have fallen.
These showers, thus, have made the reservoirs experience a new rise of 86 cubic hectometers of water. However, the total level of the reserve It is now in the 43,230 cubic hectometersa very prominent figure compared to previous years and that, in fact, is well above the levels with the reservoirs last year.
In this way, only one year ago the reservoir water of Spain had much lower levels. Specifically, 66.3% was established and contained 37,100 cubic hectometers, so it is now up to 11 percentage points above 2024.
Water reserve in Spain ‘today’ May 13
The Spanish water reserve is 77.1 % of its total capacity. The reservoirs currently store 43,230 cubic hectometers (HM³) of water, increases during this period by 86 hm³ (0.2 % of the current total capacity of the reservoirs).
The reservation by areas according to ecological transition is as follows:
- Eastern Cantabrian is 89%
- Western Cantabrian to 88.8%
- Miño-Sil at 84.7%
- Galicia Costa at 80%
- Internal basins of the Basque Country to 95.2%
- 92.3% Duero
- 85.7%
- Guadiana at 71%
- Red, Odiel and 92.1% stones
- Guadalete-Barbate at 55.2%
- Guadalquivir at 61.3%
- Andalusian Mediterranean Basin at 57.5%
- Safe at 29.6%
- Júcar at 63.9%
- Ebro at 88.9%
- Internal Basins of Catalonia at 76.2%
Rainfall has been abundant throughout the peninsula. The maxim has occurred in Girona (a) with 98.5 mm (98.5 l/m²).