“Alqueva was made for Alentejo”. Farmers criticize possible supply to the Algarve.
Baixo Alentejo Farmers Association considers that the project follows a “political propaganda rationale” and warns of inability to respond to drought “increasingly recurring” in the South.
Alqueva: Moura irrigation block advances. It will cost 8,2 million.
EDIA-Alqueva Development and Infrastructure Company, launched the public tender for the construction of the Moura Irrigation Block, no Beja district, which will cover an area of 1.184 hectares and represent an investment of 8,2 million.
Manifesto: “Water at the Service of the Future”, asks for Alqueva to be reinforced.
Eight municipalities in Alentejo and Barlavento do Algarve join forces and mobilize for the availability of water in the region. The reinforcement of Alqueva “as a large reservoir for water regulation in the south of the country” is defended by the manifesto “Water at the Service of the Future”.
Alqueva: Farmers at “war” with EDIA over water cuts.
Water cuts promoted by the Alqueva Infrastructure Development Company (EDIA) to more than two dozen farmers who exceeded the consumption agreed for the current agricultural year is generating strong opposition from the “men of the land”.
Alqueva: Manager aggravates losses in 39% to 10,4 million in the semester.
The company had expenses of 31 million, higher than the income of 20,7 million.