The Spanish region of Andalusia wants Portugal to give in, temporarily, some water from the Alqueva dam, located in Alentejo, about what 30 kilometers from the border.
The objective is to counteract the situation of “extreme dry” that area of ​​Spain passes through.
According to or The Confidential, the Regional Government of Andalusia intends to “temporary provision of resources” Portuguese “while the problem is resolved” investment that has divided the region and the central government. Andalusia is the Spanish region most affected by drought.
The Spanish website highlights that Alqueva is “the most important dam in western Europe” and has the capacity to store “more [Water] than all Andalusian dams combined”: Alqueva can add up to 2 834 cubic hectometres of water, while, added, Andalusia's dams are only 2 122 hectometres, but.
The Andalusian Government, do PP, intends to use the water provided by Portugal to support local farmers. El Confidencial recalls that the Albufeira Convention, agreement signed between Portugal and Spain in 1998, includes the provision of water “as an exceptional measure”. In 2016, this hypothesis had already been raised by Andalusia.
News: Lidador NotÃcias/ Jornal de NotÃcias
