At the end of January, the Barlavento basin continued to have the smallest amount of water, just 9,4%, when the average is 68,4%
Duarte Cordeiro, Minister for the Environment and Climate Action, considered that the water situation in the Algarve «is worse than last year»
The Barlavento Algarve basin, with 13,3%, had the lowest amount of water stored at the end of April
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
Still, "if the drought returns, we're going to have problems again"
Ribeiras do Algarve basin is, even so, the one with the lowest percentage of stored water in the whole country.
More than half of the Algarve is in severe drought
The population will be able to visit different infrastructures in Águas do Algarve from the 24th to the 26th of March
Águas do Algarve shows its work to mark World Water Day
Civil Protection believes it can quell the fire tonight
The rain that has fallen in recent days "does not solve the serious problem we have" of drought. Carlos Martins, secretary […]
Data provided by the meteorological station of the Manuel Teixeira Gomes School Group.
