The Spanish water reserve today is 29,182 cubic hectometers

The water reserve Spain is at 52.1% of its total capacity. The reservoirs currently store 29,182 cubic hectometers (hm³) of water, increasing in the last week by 534 cubic hectometers (1% of the current total capacity of the reservoirs).

The water reserve by areas according to the MITECO is the next:

  • Eastern Cantabrian is at 82.2%
  • Western Cantabrian at 75.5%
  • Miño-Sil at 76.4%
  • Galicia Coast at 80.6%
  • Internal basins of the Basque Country at 81%
  • Duero at 68.5%
  • Cut at 70.1%
  • Guadiana at 36.2%
  • Red, Odiel and Piedras at 76.9%
  • Guadalete-Barbate at 17%
  • Guadalquivir at 24.8%
  • Andalusian Mediterranean Basin at 19.3%
  • Safe at 18.6%
  • Júcar at 49.2%
  • Ebro at 65.1%
  • Internal basins of Catalonia at 15.1%

The rainfall has considerably affected the entire peninsula. The maximum occurred in San Sebastián – Donostia with 32.7 mm (32.7 l/m²).

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

Water reserve table for February 20

This information is also available in a more visual way in the new web application of the MITECO. 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.