A total of 7.5 cubic hectometres will be used to irrigate crops in the Region of Murcia. This movement in the midst of a war between the regional Executive and the irrigators against the Government of Spain for the Tagus plan
The Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge authorized this Tuesday a transfer from the Entrepeñas and Buendía reservoirs through the Tajo-Segura aqueduct of 15 hm³ for the month of December 2022, of which 7.5 hm³ correspond to the supply urban Thus, a total of 7.5 cubic hectometres of water will be used to irrigate crops in the Region of Murcia, Alicante and Almería. This authorization occurs in the midst of a war between the regional Executive and the irrigators against the Government of Spain over the Tagus plan, which entails a significant cut to the Tagus-Segura Transfer.
The Central Commission for the Exploitation of the Tajo-Segura Aqueduct (ATS) met electronically this Monday to analyze the situation at the beginning of December. The data indicates that the level 3 situation continues, which could be maintained during the next semester, although there is also a forecast of a significant increase in the volumes dammed in Entrepeñas and Buendía.
The Commission concluded that in application of current regulations, a transfer of up to 20 cubic hectometres (hm³) could be authorized on a discretionary but motivated basis for this month of December. The Commission was also informed of the volume of water already transferred available in the Segura basin for supplies and irrigation of 25.56 hm³ and a volume at the headwaters authorized and pending transfer for supply of 15 hm³, according to data as of December 1, 2022.
He also reported the flooded surface in the Tablas de Daimiel National Park and the status of the execution of the Manchega Pipeline works. The monthly shipments made in recent months contributed, according to the data collected in the CEDEX report, to stabilizing and even to the fact that the volumes stored in the Entrepeñas and Buendía reservoirs have begun to rise, avoiding the entry into the corresponding situation during this period. at level 4, in which no transfer could have been authorized.
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