President of Portugal’s national irrigation federation (FENAREG), José Núncio, said today has argued that a “large dam” on Tejo river could be one of the answers to water scarcity issues. Speaking to journalists in Évora, on the sidelines of a European meeting of water management organisations that began today, Núncio warned that the situation of the Tejo is “a glaring case” in which more water needs to be stored, as there is “absolutely no retention capacity” in the river. In the case of the Alentejo region, ” large dams will have more or less all been built”, he said, although “some adjustments” could still be made, such as raising walls of existing dams “a little” in order to “substantially increase reserve capacity”.
National irrigation federation pushes for ‘large dam on Tejo river’
A recent activity on the Tejo river by conservationists https://www.facebook.com/movimentoprotejo
