Water reserves in the peninsula’s reservoirs have increased to 77 percent of their total capacity. Currently, 43,144 cubic hectometers (hm³) are stored, representing an increase of 0.6 percent (310 hm³) compared to the previous week.
The Basque Country’s catchment areas, which reached 100 percent last week, continue to maintain their maximum capacity. In contrast, the Segura catchment area, at the other end of the scale, remains at just 29.4 percent, a decrease of 0.1 percent. This information comes from data from the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge.
During this period, rainfall was abundant across the peninsula, with a peak of 102.0 mm (102.0 l/m²) recorded in Navacerrada.
After the inland basins of the Basque Country, the Tinto, Odiel, and Piedras basins have the highest capacity at 92.1 percent, followed by the Duero at 91.7 percent, the East Cantabrian Basin at 89 percent, the Ebro at 88.7 percent, the West Cantabrian Basin at 86.9 percent, the Tejo at 85.8 percent, the Miño-Sil at 85 percent, and the Galicia Costa at 83.5 percent.
The inland basins of Catalonia are at 73.4 percent, the Guadiana Basin at 70.8 percent, the Júcar Basin at 63.6 percent, the Guadalquivir Basin at 61.2 percent, the Andalusian Mediterranean Basin at 57 percent, and the Guadalete-Barbate at 55.2 percent. The Segura Basin remains the only catchment area below 50 percent of its capacity, with the aforementioned 29.4 percent.
