The plain of On is going through one of the most pressing water crises, if not the worst in history, with the situation of “background of dead tank» in its two largest reservoirs -Fuensanta and Cenajo, respectively at 6% and 11%-, while those which ensure transfers of Blockdouble long its average level over the last decade.
The contrast has worsened between these two “Spain”, the humid one in the center of the peninsula, even if it has experienced moments of even greater abundance in the past, and that of the south-east, stifled by the lack of rain.
The Segura Hydrographic Confederation (CHS) had to impose restrictions At irrigation 57% and 40% depending on the age of the crops and the farmers of Asaja Alicante and the Generalitat Valenciana demand that the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge reopen the relief wells of Calasparra (Murcia) after five years.
This measure of emergencyWorse still, preparations should have started at least twelve months in advance, as processing mandatory environmental reports may now delay them. The first impact results in “a tragedy for thousands of families” who had planted the vegetables of winter and now the CHS predicts that half cannot be irrigated and they will be lostas denounced by the president of Asaja Alicante, Jose Vicente Andreuand published ABC.
On the other hand, the Entrepeñas and Buendía reservoirs have a joint record volume of 1,014 cubic hectometers of water, well above the minimum threshold for transfer to the Segura, which was increased from 240 to 400 hm3 ago five years.
More precisely, they are at 60% and 30% of their capacity, while their average level over the last ten years has been 25% and 15%, according to official data from the ministry published on the embalses.net website and updates. as of September 30, last Monday. More anecdotally, the reservoir in all of Spain that recorded the greatest variation is precisely that of Buendía, with 6.15 hm3 of increase in just twelve hours.
At the global level, the Segura basin is at the bottom of national records with 16.14% of its capacity compared to 56.31% for the Tagus hydrographic area.
From the autonomous government of Carlos Mazón, there are 26 cuts At transfers imposed by the current executive of Pedro Sánchez and this Thursday several employers’ organizations – the autonomous Valencian CEV and the national CEOE – demanded during the ‘Conversa’ forum organized in Orihuela, in collaboration with the Provincial Delegation of Alicante and the Chamber of Trade of Oriola, a National Water Pact to get out of this water impasse.
