DRYING UP

Ongoing drought sees waters shortages and fires across Spain

THREE quarters of Spain is affected by water shortages according to reports from water management company Aqualia.

The country has been struggling with ongoing droughts since 2017 and last week weather agency Aemet declared the country to have officially entered a longterm drought period due to a lack of rainfall and increasing average temperatures.

This Autumn the country experienced 27% less rainfall than the average.

According to the Ministry for Ecological transition, reservoirs contain 35% less water than the average volume in the past decade. Water basins with the lowest levels of capacity are in Catalunya (33.8%), Ebro (35.4%), Guadiana basin (23%) and Guadalquivir basin (18.6%).

In many parts of the country restrictions have been