by The Catalan internal basins are already below 16% of its capacity, as indicated by the Catalan Water Agencyand they continue to decrease daily due to the lack of precipitation.
This fact has caused that in reservoirs such as saubuilt in 1949, let never seen before images that confirm that we are living the worst drought in recorded historyAs the Spokesperson of the Catalan government stated a few days ago, Patricia Plaja. The reservoir, which is the second largest in Catalonia, is currently located 4.47% of its capacityor what is the same, the reserves are located in 7.83 cubic hectometers of the more than 165 total.
The situation is critical and despite the Measures to stop water consumption.the town halls have not been able to enforce these restrictions and both the Generalitat how city councils pass the buck about who should be responsible for this.
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Although he Ter-Llobregat water system currently has a cabal close to the 16.5%The government assured last Thursday that There are no plans yet to declare an emergency situation. and the previous phase is maintained, that of ‘pre-emergency’until the percentage drops to 16%.
In the Photo gallery accompanying this information you can see the situation of the famous swamp today from a drone view. Among other damage, it is possible to see the line of vegetation that marks the usual cabal and the point where the water is located today, in addition to the church -even with a small mountain of dirt at his feet-, a piertoday in the middle of a tongue of land, and part of the ruins of the old town of Sant Romà de Sau.
