Spain surpasses maximum reservoir water levels since 1988, but the southeast remains in deficit.

Reservoirs in Spain have gained around 15,000 cubic hectometers over the last month, an exceptional increase, and their levels for this time of year are the highest since at least 1988, being abundant even in Andalusia and Catalonia after recent severe droughts, although the southeast remains in deficit. Intense precipitation from the past few weeks due to successive storms has boosted the levels of Spain's water reserves, which stand at 82.5% of total capacity, with 46,229 cubic hectometers of water, according to the latest data published by the Ministry for the Ecological Transition (Miteco) for the seventh week of the year. This figure surpasses the previous record for water stored for that week, which dates back to 2014, when reserves exceeded the 80% barrier, according to the historical data series managed by the Ministry for the Ecological Transition, which begins in 1988, almost forty years ago. A few days ago, the third vice president and minister for the Ecological ...