Spain has received more rain than ever this spring. And yet it is unable to get rid of the ghost of the drought

Europe is not having a good time right now. Many weeks of warmer temperatures and rainfall in historical minimums, they are helping drought tentacles expand A wide strip that goes from the British islands to Crimea and the Anatolia. This is made clear by Copernicus’s latest report, the European land observation system.

And yet, none of that has affected Spain. On the contrary, we have had months of unusual rains and whole weeks of temperatures below the average.

The problem? In spite of everything, the vast majority of points in “alert” by drought They are on the peninsula.

A ghost that comes to stay. If drought is a ghost (as we usually say, a little impossible, journalists), the southeast of the country is a delighted house. An Indian cemetery. With the exception of the coast of Malaga and Granada and the Catalan basins, the long Spanish Mediterranean arch is full of red dots (alert) and oranges (of concern for drought).

But also of blue areas, of course. According to the report ‘Droough in EuropeApril 2025, the Tagus, Guadiana and Andalusian Mediterranean basins are the only ones in the entire continent that have had a positive rain anomaly.

And there are the problem and the paradox. After all, this spring has become a perfect example to understand the problems that the country is going through: the problems to manage the hydrological reserves of the system in an integral way.

Some problems that create distrust at all levels. Because, a few weeks ago, it was announced that the government changed the Tajo-Segura transfer game rules; But no special emphasis has been placed on the dirty war between both basins. In fact, no one is happy: while the Tagus Chair “See the proposal insufficient“Of the government, the Murcian irrigators They prepare mobilizations.

All this while the Hydrological Confederation of the Safe It is immersed in controversies on manipulated data and lack of control.

In what situation does all this leave us? As we commented a few weeks ago“After the rains of March and with the reservoirs of Half Spain to overflow” another battle began, who stays that water.

It will not be an easy battle because, how has it been happening for 30 yearsIn the end we lose all.

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In Xataka | After the rains of March and with the reservoirs of Media Spain to overflow, another battle begins: who stays that water