Spain: Catalans face water restrictions over record drought • FRANCE 24 English
2/3 of this 11th century church are usually underwater now fully emerged it shows the extent of the drought that Catalonia is facing for reservoirs across the region water levels are dangerously low this one supplies drinking water to the city of Jona and its 100,000 residents it’s quite alarming in Jona
We’ve got restrictions as well we don’t know how it’ll end if there’s no rain in response to the crisis authorities have declared a state of emergency 6 million residents are now limited to consuming 200 L per person per day hotels and campsites are also banned from filling their swimming pools
Or even from topping them up people come on holiday to swim to enjoy the sun to shower if as a campsite we don’t have these Services people will stop coming the industrial sector is also constrained to reduce its water consumption by 25% but it’s the agricultural sector
That is most affected this sheep farmer has decided to give his animals the usual amount of water to drink but the new rules would require him to reduce the quantity by 50% what am I supposed to do abandon half of my animals if I give them half
As much water it’s animal cruelty it’s just not possible authorities have pledged to carry out checks and hand out fines to those who don’t follow the rules and if it doesn’t rain in the next few weeks they could decide to introduce water cuts
Spain’s second city Barcelona and much of the surrounding region of Catalonia entered a drought emergency on Thursday (February 1), clearing the way for tighter water restrictions following three years without significant rainfall.
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5 comments
Treat water as precious, stop wasting it, introduce staged water restrictions, and if possible, build a desalination plant.
We can sell some water from the alps like it was already done before
No wonder farmers are furious.
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Spain is one of the countries of most desalination plants has 770 exactly the quesrion is today is only the 16% of capacity obsviuoly increases