He Berguedàhe penedes (Alt and Baix) and the Emporda (also Alt and Baix) are the three zones of Catalonia with a higher percentage of towns that do not comply with the restrictions ordered by the Government due to the drought or that do not directly send the data that is requested. These territories, together with Osona, are the regions of Catalonia that spend more water average.
In it Berguedàhe 58% of the towns They consume more water than allowed. In the Alt and the Baix penedesa 60% of municipalities they breach. While in the Alt and Baix Empordaa 56% of the municipalities exceed the established limit or do not transfer the information to the Agència Catalana de l’Aigua (ACA).
The maximum permitted consumption is 230 liters per person per day for towns and cities in exceptional phase. In a state of emergency (it only affects 22 towns, precisely in the Alt Empordà), the limit is 200 liters per person per day.
If you analyze the water mean spent by each municipality, these are the averages of the territories with less savings.
He Berguedà spend 336 l/p per day.
In osona323 l/py day.
He penedes, 283 l/py day.
He Emporda, 280 l/py day.
These data are very far from what is consumed by the majority of cities in Catalonia, which, in general, obey and do not exceed the set limit. It is true that there are other regions, such as the Ripolles, with more than half of the municipalities not complying. But how can it be that these territories have many municipalities above the average consumption? There are several factors.
Mixes the presence of housing estatessingle-family houses with garden and pool and in some cases, livestock consumption that are counted as if they were domestic. In fact, the ACA acknowledges that it has yet to scrutinize the figures in detail to qualify them because, for example, some towns do not correctly separate domestic uses of water from industrial or livestock uses.
In any case, there are municipalities with flagrant waste, which double, triple or quadruple the spending of their neighbors. The following 19 locations show consumption higher than 600 l/py day. In Osona: Mesh, Saint Cecilia de Voltrega, Sora and oris. In Berguedà: montclar, sagas, gosol, montmajor, L’Espunyola and Castellar de n’Hug. In the Alt Emporda: Santa Llogaia d’Àlguema and Pedret i Marza. In Lluçanès: Sant Marti d’Albars and Sant Agustí de Lluçanès. then there are Bonastre (Baix Penedes), torrent (Alt Emporda), Prats de Rei (anoia), Riudellots of the Jungle (the Jungle) and vilademuls (Pla de l’Estany).
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Some of these towns have complained that they do not have the tools to force their neighbors to comply. “It is impossible to know who waters your garden and who fills your pool,” said the mayor of peralada. However, the ACA is of the opinion that certain municipalities (without specifying) should take a step forward to, at least, improve your records in the use of water.
If we look at the global data of all the internal basins subject to the restrictions, 269 of 594 towns exceed the limits of expected water consumption. It is about 45% of the municipalities. But the reality is that many of them are very small and accumulate very few citizens. In terms of inhabitants, the percentage takes a radical turn: almost 90% of Catalans comply and consume less than 230 liters per person and inhabitant.