It seems a contradiction but it is the reality: after the first episode of important rains this springnew arrivals drought restrictions. The Government has approved at its meeting on Tuesday the entry of seven new zones de Catalunya in the exceptionality phase, the step prior to the emergency phase. These are the following hydrographic units:
Anoia-Gaia
head of the Ter
Darnius-Boadella (reservoir)
Emporda
Llobregat Mitja
Prades
llaberia
Serrated Transversal
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It should be remembered that the Generalitat has skills full only on the internal basins (those that have rivers that start and end in Catalonia) which means, more or less, the half of Catalonia. a week ago, the Ebro Hydrographic Confederation (CHE) also decreed the status of exceptionality in the basin of Segre.
He state of exceptionalitywhich already declared itself two months ago in the unit Ter Llobregatimplies restrictions on the agricultural irrigation, industrial and urban. In addition, the average endowment per inhabitant and day is also reduced. It goes from 250 l. per person per day to 230 l/p per day. This consumption is regulated by the municipalities, which are responsible for ensuring that the average complies with this limit.