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The threat of drought looms large across Andalucia as the community continues to bake in the heat
For the time being at least, the water in the beach showers throughout Malaga will continue to flow, despite the fact that the recent dry spell has dangerously depleted reserves in the reservoirs.
The mayor of Malaga city, Francisco de la Torre, indicated on Wednesday August 3 that at the moment such drastic measures as have been adopted in coastal areas of Axarquia aren’t necessary, since there is “a larger water reserve in the Guadalhorce” than in the reservoir which feeds Rincón de la Victoria, Vélez-Málaga and Algarrobo.
Nevertheless, in the community of Andalucia as a whole, the reservoirs have lost 96 cubic hectometres of water in the last week and are now filled to just 28.33% of their capacity, which is 6.55% lower than this time last year.
The Ministry for Ecological Transition revealed in recent days that the region’s two main storage facilities, the Guadalquivir and the Andalucian Mediterranean basins, have dropped to 24.7% and 45.5% capacity, respectively, a dire situation which is only expected to worsen in the next week or so as temperatures continue to climb and there is no rain on the horizon.
Malaga’s mayor, however, has pointed out that the municipality also has the use of the El Atabal plant to desalinate water, which they have been sending to Rincón in a show of “solidarity” to ease the pressure.
“We have enough reserves not to have to apply supply control measures,” he said, calling, however, for the responsible use of both energy and water.
“It is not necessary for now to cut off the water in the showers, but we will always call on this responsible use of resources that have a limited factor,” Mr de la Torre said, adding that the situation in Malaga is stable right now “but we do not know how we are going to be in a few months in the next dry period.”
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