214,000 people cannot drink from the tap because of nitrates: “We deliver water with trucks twice a week”. A report by Ecologists in Action with data from the Ministry of Health reveals that pollution from agricultural and livestock sources is concentrated in empty Spain.
More than a third of the country's groundwater is already seriously affected by this contaminant. State legislation considers that water is not suitable for human consumption when it exceeds 50 milligrams per liter (mg/l)