
Government reduces water quota for agriculture and golf at Odeleite dam
After another meeting of the Permanent Commission for the Prevention, Monitoring and Accompaniment of the Effects of the Drought
After another meeting of the Permanent Commission for the Prevention, Monitoring and Accompaniment of the Effects of the Drought
The water level currently in the Odeleite dam, the largest in the Sotavento Algarve, is around 42,09% of useful volume
Work cost 2,4 million euros
This Friday, January 13th
According to the most recent data from the National Water Resources Information System, which does not include the heavy rain that has fallen in recent days
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Still, "if the drought returns, we're going to have problems again"
Projects for the reuse of the dead volume of the Odeleite Dam and the reuse of wastewater from the VRSA WWTP were presented today
Ribeiras do Algarve basin is, even so, the one with the lowest percentage of stored water in the whole country.
A study considers a dam on the Ribeira de Monchique unfeasible, but admits infrastructure of this type in Foupana and Ribeira de Alportel
More than half of the Algarve is in severe drought