Drought, rain and Marbella pouring water into the sea

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Drought, rain and Marbella pouring water into the sea
By h.b. - Apr 9, 2008 - 7:45 AM
ALSO SEE : • Row continues over water offered to Danone in Villena - May 14, 2008 - 8:15 AM
• Barcelona receives drinking water from sea tankers - May 14, 2008 - 7:12 AM

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The La Concepción reservior above Marbella is full, while Málaga city just 60kms away is suffering a severe water shortage
The planned transfer of water from Marbella to Málaga is being delayed and is now not expected to be in operation before the summer of next year, with the result that the needy areas of the Guadalhorce Valley and the city get no help while the Concepción reservoir in Marbella continues to pour water into the sea.

New pumping stations are needed at Santa Tecla and El Viso and a new connection is needed to the Atabal desalination plant in Málaga for the network to work correctly.

On Monday and Tuesday this week the amount of water wasted was enough to fill 800 Olympic size swimming pools. The sluice gates of the reservoir had to be opened ahead of forecast rains as La Concepción is almost full.

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ALSO SEE :
• Row continues over water offered to Danone in Villena - May 14, 2008 - 8:15 AM
• Barcelona receives drinking water from sea tankers - May 14, 2008 - 7:12 AM
• Water needed for farmers - and a golf course - May 12, 2008 - 8:00 AM
• PP regional leaders unite to demand water transfers - May 8, 2008 - 7:48 AM
• Internet user holds new government ministry domains to ransom - Apr 25, 2008 - 8:27 AM
• Spanish Government approves plan to transfer water to Barcelona - Apr 19, 2008 - 11:30 AM
• Spanish Environment Minister calls the regions to Madrid for a water meeting - Apr 18, 2008 - 7:58 AM
• Murcia and Valencia threaten to challenge the Ebro-Barcelona water transfer in the Constitutional Court - Apr 17, 2008 - 7:48 PM
• Valencia considers legal action against Ebro-Barcelona water transfer - Apr 17, 2008 - 8:12 AM
• Recent rains do little to help Spanish water wars - Apr 16, 2008 - 3:35 PM
• Recent rains have little effect on Spanish reservoirs - Apr 14, 2008 - 8:08 AM

Comments

hugh
09 Apr 2008, 08:22

Reservoirs in Catalunya are full too.

Pops
09 Apr 2008, 18:26

Only in Spain would anyone even THINK about dumping much-needed water, let alone actually dump it. ...Beer, anyone, while the ship is still afloat?

barrie harrop
17 May 2008, 11:10

There has been much talk about climate change, but not much about where we will see its first impact.

Flooding ,Drought, water is the vector of climate change, we already have seen in recent times in many areas of
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