ISSUE NO. 1676
17 - 23 August 2017
COSTA DEL SOL
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All eyes on water levels The fight to preserve the limited summer water supplies is ongoing. Though supplies are not in the main as low as from 2005 - 2008 when the last official drought was registered, the authorities in various parts of Spain are constantly monitoring the situation to the backdrop of an ongoing rise in summer tourist arrivals. In some resorts record figures are being logged. This automatically daily increases demands on water stocks even though providing a fillip for the national and local economies. In Malaga Province the peak tourist season in August means demand soars as it d o e s in th e Axarquia region where levels of around 54 square hecto me tre s in th e Viñ u e la re s e rvoir which feeds Axarquia and Costa del
DROUGHT DREAD: Viñuela reservoir where low water levels are causing concern. Sol continue to cause concern, with the stark fact that should they fall to 45 square hectometres, a drought will be declared. In a worst case scenario, if drought does occur, water could be piped from other parts of Spain. Meanwhile a stark warning has been ma de in a s tudy tha t the w hole of southern Spain could be desert by
the end of this century. If the fight against global warming is not won and current trends are reversed then in 80 years the impact of climate change on the Mediterranean area will be non-reversible! This i s t he al er t spel l ed out i n a study on the topic for this region by Joel Guiot from the National Centre of Scientific Research in France.