The rains, which also reduced the Easter tourism campaign in Andalusian hotels, may help families in the region better cope with the summer heat. At least for those with access to the community pool. Juanma Moreno said the Board is considering reducing restrictions on swimming pools after last month’s “miraculous” storms. With important fine print, of course: public pools in Malaga province are expected to be full, private pools are no doubt in doubt.

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Community and private pools. Having a pool of one type or another may be important for summer. during a forum organized by Country and Juanma Moreno Cadena SER, president of Andalusia, reported that the Board is considering filling community pools in the areas most affected by drought in the region; This is not the case for private facilities.

To be more precise, Moreno acknowledged that the Drought saw it as “predictable” that social facilities in the south of drought-affected Malaga or Granada would be allowed to be filled; but he also warned that it was “very difficult” to grant the same permission, at least today, to private pools in Malaga and the “surroundings” of Almería and Northern Granada. The scenario is, in any case, more flexible than the scenario proposed a month ago, which considered allowing occupancy in hotels but restricting occupancy in residential blocks and houses.

The role of city councils. “In Malaga, people’s daily consumption estimates have been raised and it is possible that community pools will be allowed to be filled,” the regional leader said, before expressing doubts about private pools. he added. In any case, Moreno explained, it will be up to the affected councils to decide. For example, it will be up to you how you go about community pools to comply with the Board’s water contributions.

“Miraculous” rains. In the words of Moreno, who warns about the risks of giving in to optimism in any case, it is possible to open the door to filling community pools thanks to the “miraculous” rains recorded during the Holy Week. “We are coming from a long cycle, and it did not rain in the same way in Andalusia,” the regional president recalled.

And for example, a button or a few percentage points (if applicable): La Viñuela reservoir in Malaga is still at between 25 and 26% of its capacity; In Almería, the total of swamps does not even reach 8%. “We are facing a situation that remains alarming for a significant part of the population,” he stressed.

“Disaster data”. The quote within the quote in this case comes from Ramón Pérez-Pacheco, Minister of Sustainability, Environment and Blue Economy; he also spoke about the drought yesterday, insisting that despite recent rains “falling irregularly” in Andalusia, the drought continues. Currently, some parts of the region, especially in the eastern region, in the province of Almería or south of Granada, where reservoirs still show “catastrophic data”.

“An expected relief”. Pérez-Pacheco reminded that in any case, the rains recorded in the Guadalquivir basin provided “relief” and that the Board was already meeting with the drought committees. It was decided to increase the “oral water consumption” capacity to 200 liters per person per day in the Andalusian Mediterranean Basins and to 225 liters in the Guadalete and Barbate Basins.

One of the key points that Moreno missed in his speech yesterday is that the Board does not allow boats full of water to be brought to the ports of the region after the recent rains, but work at the docks will continue if necessary. future. “This is a structural problem in Andalusia,” the leader assumes.

Image | Prinsotel Hotels (Flickr)

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