The precipitation experienced during the second half of the week, after dozens of arid days, was not enough to remove the specter of restriction of water supplies in the region. Andalusia. Except in special cases such as the 18.5 liters per square meter recorded on Friday Grazalema (Cádiz), or the 8.6 quantified in the Valverde del Camino (Huelva), the day before, the precipitation that irrigated Andalusia did not have major changes on the reservoirs.
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development himself, Ramon Fernández-Pachecodid not hide that the swamps have already fallen below “the psychological barrier of 30 percent.” He did this during an interview on Cadena Ser carried out yesterday in which he opened the door to restrictions on the volume of liters authorized according to the municipality.
It is not a decision already taken, but it is a thesis which will mark the meeting of the drought committeeswhich will probably be convened “at the beginning of October”, again according to Fernández Pacheco.
That the provinces of Malaga And Almeria It may not be an exaggeration that they are the first to adopt these possible restrictions. “They are frankly bad” and “the situation is very worrying”, underlined the advisor, even if the measures must be decided by each of the commissions, in which, in addition to the institutional representation of the Council, meet “other actors with a lot to say.” “.
Lighter cuts
The former spokesperson for the Junta, however, wanted to call for calm, stressing that the restrictions which are on the table would reduce “somewhat” the authorized quantities in force “per inhabitant and per day”.
The explanation is simple: if we have managed to get out of a summer which by definition has higher temperatures – and by extension, higher evaporation levels…than those of the fall, the adjustments that are about to be applied will not be drastic. Also due to consumer demand itself, “much weaker in the coming months”, in which the weight of tourist activity is reducedan issue that “primarily sets the tone for water consumption during the months of July and August,” according to Fernández-Pacheco.
Of course, the two main assets of the Council in this sense are hydraulic worksaccording to a schedule that sets the conclusions of the projects in the short or medium term and, fundamentally, citizen collaboration to avoid wasting the precious liquid.
“We will guarantee that, if it does not rain and as long as the hydraulic infrastructures are completed, we will be able to continue not only productive activity, but also the normal life of citizens,” he assured as part of the roadmap of the Junta de Andalucía.
However, until then there is no doubt that we will have to resort to limited – or closed – tolling again in parts of an Andalusia over which the clouds only seem to want to pass.
