President of the Sotavento irrigation association points out Foupana, Alportel and Ribeira de Monchique as first-rate developments in the coming years
Costs to be assumed «in sharing with the State or with the company Águas do Algarve»
Volume of stored water fell at the end of May in 10 river basins across the country and rose in two
Macário Correia regrets that no one has taken “no decision” so far
Solutions do not involve «major civil construction works»
The Barlavento Algarve basin, with 13,3%, had the lowest amount of water stored at the end of April
The worsening of the drought last year led the Government to restrict the use of water for irrigation from Bravura
Alerts and proposals are contained in an open letter to the Minister of Agriculture
At the Permanent Commission meeting, measures were taken or maintained for the southern region, Alentejo and Algarve
For the Algarve, measures were also decided to limit the use of water for agriculture, namely at the Odelouca dam
At the end of March, 48% of the territory was in meteorological drought, while in the last day of February the percentage was 28%
Data provided by the meteorological station of the Manuel Teixeira Gomes School Group.
