The Spanish water reserve today is 28,648 cubic hectometers

The Spanish water reserve It is at 51.1% of its total capacity. The reservoirs currently store 28,648 cubic hectometers (hm³) of water, increasing in the last week by 553 cubic hectometers (1% of the current total capacity of the reservoirs).

The Spanish water reserve by areas is the following:

  • Eastern Cantabrian is at 83.6%
  • Western Cantabrian at 75.5%
  • Miño-Sil at 75.7%
  • Galicia Coast at 82.7%
  • Internal basins of the Basque Country at 81%
  • Duero at 67.4%
  • Cut at 69.9%
  • Guadiana at 34.6%
  • Red, Odiel and Piedras at 75.5%
  • Guadalete-Barbate at 15.5%
  • Guadalquivir at 23.2%
  • Andalusian Mediterranean Basin at 18.6%
  • Safe at 18.2%
  • Júcar at 48.7%
  • Ebro at 63.8%
  • Internal basins of Catalonia at 15.4%

The rainfall has considerably affected the entire peninsula. The maximum occurred in Pontevedra with 127.6 mm (127.6 l/m²).

The situation of the basins, in cubic hectometers, is detailed in the attached table:

This information is also available in a more visual way in the new MITECO web application. In addition, every week the BD-Embalses_1988-2022.zip file is updated in this section, which includes a table with data on peninsular reservoirs with a capacity greater than 5 hm³ since 1988.