Tag Archive for water table

Whose Water Is It?

It’s a valid question. When a company draws water from a well sunk into the watertable and then bottles it for sale, arguably depleting a municipalitiy’s public water supply, is that acceptable?

Grateful for The Rain

Almuñécar has registered over 80 litres of rainfall per square metre since the rains began last week, even more in the upper part of Valle Río Verde in Otívar and Jete (100L/sq/m).

Flood-Zone Hotel?

The mayor of Almuñécar, Juanjo Ruiz Joya at reports in the press that the Daia Slow Beach Hotel La Herradura will sit on land that could suffer from floods.

A Mammoth Award!

Padul Town Hall has bestowed the Golden Mammoth Award on the Plataforma en Defensa del agua del Valle de Lecrín, which is the maximum municipal award available.

Fifty-Percent Drop

Fruit farmers in the Valle de Río Verde, mainly Almuñécar, estimate that crop production will drop by 50% this year because of a lack of water.