Issue No. 1979
8 - 14 June 2023
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THE RAIN IN SPAIN
THE heavy rains registered throughout Alicante Province in May have enabled the deactiva tion of the water restrictions planned for the summer in some areas. What was officially the wettest May since 1984 has saved three essential crop irriga tions before the summer and subsoil moisture is currently at 40 centimetres, which is great news just before the summer with regards to the threat of for est fires, while reservoirs includ ing Guadalest are nearly full again after five months of drought. Average rainfall in the north of
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the province, including the Mari na Alta and Baixa districts, was above 150 litres per square me tre last month.
Agricultural and urban sup plies are guaranteed throughout Alicante at least until the end of the ‘water year’ in October, say
experts, when in theory the next rainy season will begin. In all, the rains have been a blessing for Alicante and, al
though it arrived late for cereals and wiped out 90 per cent of the cherry crop in certain areas, it did not cause great damage to infrastructures and has been providential for the rest of the crops and for the forest mass. However, experts are still warning that the good situation at the moment does not mean that the province is in the all clear regarding the drought and are calling on “a prudent and re sponsible use of water in the agricultural, urban, industrial and leisure sectors,” according to Jorge Olcina, director of the Climatology Laboratory at the University of Alicante.