The city of Barcelona will face a water restrictions plan after three years of drought. TO low chance of rain In the short and medium term, the Low levels of internal river basins. -at 18.85% of its capacity- and the high temperatures led the Minister of Climate Action, David Maacort, to announce this Tuesday the measures to be taken in this pre-emergence phaseEl País advances.
Pere Aragonès, president of the Generalitat of Catalonia, guarantees that the Generalitat “is prepared” to transport water to the city by boat, if necessary.
“We are prepared in case we have to bring water by boat and, if necessary, We will do it. It is the obligation of a government, before a such intense and prolonged droughtI foresee all the options,” said Pere Aragonès in an interview with TV3, the Catalan television network.
These measures come ahead of the so-called “emergency” phase and aim to raise awareness among the population before establishing more severe restrictions that could last until the end of December if the current trend continues. In total, 202 municipalities and more than five million inhabitants of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area will be affected by this plan.
For now no interruption of water supply is expected, as in other cities, but the supply will be reduced so that consumption drops from 230 to 210 liters per inhabitant per day. However, now Irrigation of public or private parks and gardens is now prohibited With the exception of the areas dedicated to federated sports and the trees, the cleaning vehicles and streets with drinking water Is fill private pools for individual use and ornamental fountains.
Source: TSF
