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To vary the slightly hackneyed lyric from the musical “My Fair Lady” – the Spanish planes have had their fair share but…. “The Rain in Spain Has Fallen Heavily on the Costa Del Sol”!
A week on from the deluge we are all analyzing the effects of the rain on our corner of the Costa del Sol. The impact of the weather has had its benefits. Our own local reservoir has received a massive fillip – or should that be a fill-up! – and we have variously reported the increased depth of the Embalse de la Concepcion.
However, there are those local water reserves that have seen an astonishing impact. The La Viñuela reservoir, in the Axarquia, to the East of Malaga, saw a startling 50%….yes you read that correctly – a 50% increase in its resources in a week as a direct result of the recent rainfall. That’s huge
Please see here, in Chus Heredia’s excellent piece in the Sur in English the impact of this amazing statistic: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/axarquia/spectacular-change-the-reservoir-vinuela-after-the-20241121072938-nt.html
The impact has been far from benevolent. A friend, who has a home in Comares, has posted extensively about the destruction to his land, fruit trees and infrastructure from these storms. Leaving him with an ongoing clear-up that will take months, if not years, to complete.
One statistic from Chus’ piece that will resonate with all those who have keenly followed the impact of the recent rains and recognize their value for our region that has long struggled with drought, is “In summary, Malaga province’s reservoirs are at 28% of their capacity and have 60 hm3 more than this time last year.”.
The pressing question is when is the Junta de Andalucia’s Drought Management Committee going to meet to issue fresh ordinances as to the region’s water management. A hint came from the Seville government’s rep in Malaga, Patricia Navarro last week when she indicated that they would “assess and study” the viability of moving the Committee’s meeting, scheduled for January 2025, to earlier in December.
By the way, following my piece MPL: Recent Rains Positive Impact on Agriculture at 10.00 today, 25th November, the Embalse de la Concepcion’s run-off total was measured at 64.04% with a total volume of 36.85Hm3. That’s up almost .75% and 0.42 Hm3 (or 430m litres) on last Friday’s total. The run-off clearly continues.
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