Of the 60 monitored reservoirs, 11 had water availability greater than 80% of the total volume and 19 less than 40%.
According to SNIRH data available today, at the end of August the Barlavento (8.4%), Sado (21.8%), Arade (28.6%) and Mira (31.8%) basins had the least water availability.
The Lima basin had the largest volume of water, 86.3% of its capacity, followed by the Douro (79.6%), Cávado (78.7%) and Ave (76.9%).
August 2023 storages by river basin were generally higher than the August storage averages (1990/91 to 2021/22), except for the Sado, Guadiana, Mira, Ribeiras do Algarve and Arade basins.
Each river basin may correspond to more than one reservoir.
Idiots must construct multiple water desalination plants what good are dams if you can’t fill them up?
By Lou from Algarve on 07 Sep 2023, 00:02