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Such a long drought and of such intensity had never been recorded,”
explained the president of the Catalonia region, Pere Aragonès (ERC, left-wing separatists).
Its autonomous community continues more than three years, 40 months, below normal precipitation for the season.
That is twice as much as during the previous record, in 2008. Unheard of since these data were measured in 1916. The fall in water reserves below 16% of their capacity triggered the activation of a state of drought emergency, in force since Friday, which imposes severe restrictions on consumption, which could be further increased by two notches if the situation worsens.
202 municipalities, including Barcelona and Girona, are concerned, they bring together 5.9 million inhabitants, or 80% of the region's population.
They are in addition to the 36 already affected since September, populated by 150,000 inhabitants.
Limitation of water reserves
The special drought plan distinguishes three emergency phases, including…
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