Barcelona faces water restrictions as drought emergency declared • FRANCE 24 English
One of Europe’s big tourist destinations is facing a dry season The Fountains in Barcelona are all switched off as the water pressure has reduced to a trickle the and its environs have been put under a state of drought emergency this will mean the activation of limits on consumption per inhabitant
Per day as well as a series of percentage restrictions for different uses of water and we’re going to continue working to overcome this situation as soon as possible the restrictions will affect about 6 million residents in the region water reserves have reached a critical level as can be seen here in the sa
Reservoir which supplies Barcelona it is now running dry this deric church which was submerged when the region was damned in 1962 has once again been on dry land in recent weeks other buildings still partly covered are heading the same way I have never seen it like this the
Water level has decreased a lot you used to be able to see the bell tower of that church all the way to the cemetery but now you see everything more and more people are worried but most haven’t noticed the restrictions when people turn the tap on the water comes out with practically the
Same pressure for now I think that people are not very aware farmers will also be hit by restrictions they will have to cut water use by 80% till now it has been a 40% cut industrial units face 25% reductions in place of 15% localities that exceed these ceilings are set to face fines
Spain’s second city Barcelona and much of the surrounding region of Catalonia entered a drought emergency on Thursday, clearing the way for tighter water restrictions following three years without significant rainfall.
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