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Issue 927
Worrying drought conditions for Alicante and Murcia by Glenn Scott THE nEvEr ending drought conditions across the country as a whole has resulted in a 50% capacity in 19 Spanish rivers. Three of them, the Duero, Segura and Júcar are especially low and causing concern. Spain has seen worst drought levels since the turn of the century – 2012 has been the highest to date – but according to Environment Minister Isabel Tejerina there are some individual rivers that are running drier than they’ve ever been. The Segura, which wends its way through the Murcia and into the south of the province of Alicante – it meets the sea at Guardamar – is only 23.43% full. Close behind is the Júcar that runs through valencia and stands at 33.59%; lower than last year at this time when emergency levels were reported. The biggest drop is in the river Duero, through Castilla y León and into Portugal – where it becomes the river Douro – where the amount of water has plummeted from 85.28% a year ago to only 44.12% today. Continued on page 2.