You will have no doubt heard about the move to refill the Almuñécar vega wells with recycled water and the protests up at Rules Dam.
Drought Exhausts Wells
by Martin Myall •
Tag Archive for irrigation
Almuñécar Water-Table Problem
by Martin Myall •
Almuñécar Town Council, at the suggestion of the Councillor for the Environment, has asked the Junta to inject water into the water table to avoid salinisation.
Axarquía Drought Measures
by Hugh MacArthur •
The Axarquía area of the province of Málaga has been suffering from a drought some time now with its main reservoir, La Viñuela, down to 26.4%3.
Axarquia Watering Restrictions
by Hugh MacArthur •
The Environment Board (Junta) clamped down on Axarquia irrigation bodies that are consuming too much water, especially at this time of enduring drought.
Irrigation Blues
by Hugh MacArthur •
The Asociacion Agua para el Campo is warning that the lack of action from different administrations over the Rules Dam distribution network is leading to an irrigation crisis.
Looking Drier!
by Martin Myall •
Rivers are supposed to flow into reservoirs for later use but this late spring, reservoirs are being emptied to keep rivers alive in the interior of Spain.
The Ruinous Rules
by Martin Myall •
The Ministry of Agriculture has hired the private company, Prointect to draw up a viability project to bring irrigation water down from Béznar-Rules Reservoirs to the coast.
Rules Dam Solution Pledge
by Martin Myall •
The proximity of the General Elections has become even more apparent with an the announcement by the governing party concerning Rules Dam.
Water Protest in Almuñécar
by Martin Myall •
Well over a hundred farmers belonging to the various irrigation associations in Almuñécar turned out to protest in the Town Hall Square. Some sources put the turn out as “several hundred.”
Baza’s Solidarity Market Gardens
by Martin Myall •
The Mayor of Baza, Pedro Fernández, has requested a grant for 114,000 euros to create 50 vegetable plots, each with an area of 200 sq/m, to provide food for the unemployed. The money will also be used to train workers as farm labourers to work on existing farmland that requires a workforce.