The rainfall that borrasca Berenice produced has brought to an end a 5-month drop in the level of reservoirs across Spain as a whole.

In fact, the rains over these last few days all over the peninsular depostited 569 cubic hectometres in the reservoirs, with those in the north west having benefited the most. However, the average capacity for all the reservoirs stands at 48.5%; in other words 27,177 cu/h, which is much higher than this time last year.

On the Atlantic coast (Galicia) they registered 152 litros per sq/m in Santiago de Compostela while down in the South the reservoirs in Córdoba and Sevilla, gained 24 and 12 cu/h respectively. One particular reservoir within the province of Córdoba now holds 56% of its capacity when last year it was actually virtually empty.

It’s down in the South East where things still look grim: Almería stands at 7.6%, Albacete at 11,8%, Castellón at 12,6%, Málaga at 15,2%, Murcia at 17,5% and Alicante at 19,6%; i.e., none of them even reach 20% of their capacity to store water.

The good news is that autumn has only just begun and we should be getting plenty more rain, if it turns out to be an old-school year.

(News: Spain)

Keywords: Reservoirs, Rains, Borrasca Bernice, Capacity, Galicia, Almeria, Cubic Hectometres.