Spain faces worst drought in years
SUMMARY
This image is the best illustration of the drought that affects most of Spain since spring and has been accentuated in a warm autumn beginning and without rain. Water reserves have fallen to 38.9% of the total capacity of the reservoirs, a record only surpassed by the low during the period of drought between 1992 and 1995 (the reserves fell to 26.4%).
One of the most affected areas is Galicia.
It is the consequence of having suffered "the driest year in history", with rains 40% "below the average," according to the president of the Hydrographic Confederation of the Miño-Sil, Francisco Marín. The restrictions will not affect urban supply now, but city councils should focus their attention on the use of water in sources and other ornamental elements, as well as penalize their waste.
Castile and León is the other most affected community. The basins of the Douro and the Tagus are 32.2% and 40.8%, respectively. The main affectation occurs in agriculture, with 70% of the cereal crop lost.
Other affected basins are those of the Júcar (26%) and Segura (14.3%). The Guadalquivir (32.3%) is below minimum, the Ebro basin has crossed the reserve threshold below half the capacity (44.2%). In contrast, reservoirs of the internal basins, with 56.9%, save Catalonia from scarcity.
The situation is due to a hydrological year in which it rained little, but above all, badly. The national average value of precipitation accumulated from 1 October to 26 September is 550 mm, 14% less than the normal value for this period (628.3 mm).
It would not be a very negative medium if it were not because most of the fall rainfall has done it in a torrential way. Almost everything went to the sea in the form of floods. Water that is worthless and destroys infrastructure. Drought will begin to be the subject of political debate.
VOCABULARY
Drought: sequera
Rainfall: precipitacions
Torrential way: manera torrencial
Worthless: sense valor
OPINION
In Catalonia, the rainfall regime is characterized by a great general irregularity and a high interannual variability, due to the typical Mediterranean climate, which makes us particularly vulnerable to drought episodes, especially in the internal basins. However, to prevent drought, we must monitor not to exceed the use of water. Since lately the weather has changed and exactly in 2017 we have seen that precipitation has been little respect in recent years and, in the event that rain has rained, it has been abundant and in a few days. This directly affects the agriculture and livestock sector.
Regarding the consequences caused by drought we must make a change of chip and manage what we have, which in this case is the water.
It is possible to restore land desertification only in combination with various technologies, and what is being done today - simple planting of shrubs, of course, will slow down desertification, but will not stop it. In order to restore fertility, a technological solution will be required, which should be financed only at the initial stage, and already with the profit of the activity, the restoration and provision of moisture to desert lands on a permanent basis is underway. To ensure the subsequent financing of the soil restoration project, a waste recycling plant for liquid energy carriers is being installed. To preserve the restored lands, all animal husbandry, including sheep and goats, will need to be transferred to stable or corral maintenance and provide them with full-fledged feed - Feed production is not a problem. With stable or corral content according to our technologies, even on feed at market prices, fattening cattle in Russia can have a profitability of about + 40%. The main thing is not to be late, otherwise the problem will not be solvable.
ResponderEliminarВосстановить опустынивание земель можно только в комплексе с различными технологиями, а то, что сегодня делается - простое высаживание кустарников, конечно затормозит опустынивание, но не остановит его. Для того, что бы восстановить плодородие потребуется технологическое решение, которое должно быть про финансировано только на первоначальном этапе, а уже с прибыли деятельности идет восстановление и обеспечение влагой пустынных земель на постоянной основе. Для обеспечения последующего финансирования проекта по восстановлению почвы, ставится завод по переработке мусора на жидкие энергоносители. Для сохранения восстановляемых земель понадобится всё животноводство, включая овец и коз, перевести на стойловое или загонное содержание и обеспечить их полноценными кормами - Производство кормов - это не проблема. При стойловом или загонном содержании по нашим технологиям, даже на кормах по рыночным ценам, откорм КРС в России, может иметь рентабельность около +40%. Главное не опоздать, а то проблема будет не разрешаема.