Rain helps improve Algarve dam levels, “but we need more”
“The impact (of the rain) was very asymmetrical in the Algarve” The last few weeks of rainy weather have helped improve levels at the Algarve’s main dams, particularly in the
Week-long rainy weather could help restore Algarve dam levels
The Algarve’s rainy weather which is due to continue into next week is just what the region needs to help restore its dam levels, according to regional water company Águas
Civil protection tests emergency plan for ‘rupture of Barragem de Bravura’
Just after 6pm this evening a press release went out to news offices informing of an official ‘exercise’ which took place earlier today to ‘test the emergency plan for a
Dams and reservoirs close to ‘dead level’
“It’s urgent to take measures” for water conservation, says tabloid Just a short box in Correio da Manhã today stresses “it is urgent to take measures” to conserve water in
Algarve: Rain good for farmers, little impact on dams
The rain that has fallen in recent days in the Algarve has mitigated the impact of drought on agriculture but has had “little impact” on the volume of water stored
Drought alert: Portugal limits use of dams to “ensure water for human consumption” for two years
The Portuguese government has imposed restrictions on the use of five dams – one in the Algarve – due to an “unusually serious winter drought”. The restrictions affect four dams
Farmers in three Alentejan municipalities hear they won’t be getting any water this summer
The effects of the winter’s drought have seen farmers in three Alentejan municipalities told they won’t be receiving any water for their land this spring/ summer. The ‘association of irrigators
Civic movement demands share of EDP’s 2.2 billion sale to French of six dams
A civic movement in Miranda do Douro is demanding a share of EDP’s ‘sale’ last December of six dams to a French consortium – stressing the area’s natural heritage is
Water reserves at risk
The region’s water supplies could dry up, unless work on the Odelouca dam project recommences. The stark warning came from Artur Ribeiro, director of the Águas do Algarve company, who
Body of tourist discovered
The body of the German holidaymaker, who disappeared three weeks ago while boating in Bravura Barragem, was found last week about one kilometre from the scene of her drowning. Susana