Drought cuts potato production by 10% – association
Porbatata – Portugal’s Potato Association – estimates a 10% drop in potato production this year due to the drought. Sérgio Ferreira, president of Porbatata, has told Lusa news agency today
No shortage of water for agriculture seen this year – minister
Portugal’s minister of agriculture and food, Maria do Céu Antunes, is convinced that there will be no shortage of water for Portuguese agriculture this year, and that it is not
Government will take further measures “if drought worsens”
With long-range weather forecasts pointing to no likely rainfall before the summer (when there is generally no rainfall at all), environment minister Duarte Cordeiro has admitted that the government may
Low level of Algarve water tables could increase salinity of water
Another peril of the drought Groundwater tables in the Algarve have levels below what would be expected for this time of year, causing loss of quality in underground water and
Drought: Government’s response ‘just not good enough’
Government “without new measures” Environment minister Duarte Cordeiro insisted this week that there is “no necessity” for limitations on water usage, despite mainland territory to be deemed 89% affected by
Measures limiting private water use “not necessary yet” – minister
When they are necessary, government “will not hesitate” Portugal’s minister of the environment and climate action, Duarte Cordeiro, has ruled out the need for restrictions on water consumption, despite the
Water highway: solutions to drought exist, but is government ready to take them?
Association makes case for north-south water pipeline Portugal’s galloping drought (with 34% of mainland territory now classified as in severe or extreme drought) is neither ‘a surprise’ nor exclusive to
Drought prevents opening of new Odeleite Dam bathing area
“The dam’s water quota is currently insufficient to install the project’s floating pools”, says the vice-president of the municipality. The opening of a new bathing area at the Odeleite Dam
Drought worsens in April, almost 90% of territory affected
… but still no ‘restrictions’ on water usage Portugal’s meteorological drought worsened in April, with 89% of the territory now affected, 34% of which either severely or extremely , according
Drought in Portugal: there is an answer
Water highway from north to south would solve many problems Portugal’s “situation of drought” is not actually a water deficit, it is a “distribution problem”. Northern areas have no drought