date:Feb 14, 2023
Since 1980, Spain's average available water has decreased by 12 percent and projections indicate that by 2050 there may be a further decrease of between 14 and 40 percent. The government has announced a new water management plan, but it has caused regional tensions with the farming community in the arid southeast which relies on the precious resource for their industry.
One measure that the government is implementing is to raise the minimum flow of the River Tagus to protect its ecological futu