The Segura basin maintains the pre-alert level according to the scarcity indicators defined in the Special Drought Plan (PES) of the Segura Hydrographic Confederation (CHS) for the global system, according to sources from that body in a statement. Regarding the drought indicators, the basin continues to be out of the situation of prolonged drought, which puts the declaration of extraordinary drought away.
If the containment of consumption is maintained, the CHS affirms that it can guarantee water for human supply, irrigation and industrial uses until the end of September without the need to apply restrictions “thanks to the management carried out by the basin organization and the episode of precipitations registered during the months of May and June».
However, the Confederation once again emphasized that “it will be necessary to continue adjusting” the consumption to the discharges approved by the Discharge Commission, in order to guarantee the supply in this hydrological year to reach the end of it “with a volume adequate reserves.
Scarcity indicators
The shortage indices of the Segura basin are at the pre-alert level as of August 1, 2023. Concrete, the global system shortage index that includes the basin’s own contributions and those received by the Tajo-Segura transfer stands at 0.302 out of 1.
Individually, the scarcity index of the basin system is 0.356 (pre-alert) over 1. For its part, the scarcity index of the transfer system is 0.247 over 1 (alert).
By zones, the main Territorial Unit (UTE) and the capital are on pre-alert, while the left and right banks are in a “normal” situation in relation to the short-term shortage index. Finally, the Segura basin confirms a situation of absence of prolonged drought in strict reference to the rainfall recorded in the entire basin.
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