This news article was originally written in Spanish. It has been automatically translated for your convenience. Reasonable efforts have been made to provide an accurate translation, however, no automated translation is perfect nor is it intended to replace a human translator. The original article in Spanish can be viewed at Los embalses del río Ebro están al 82,3% de su capacidad total
The reservoirs of the Ebro river are 82.3 per cent of its total capacity
13/04/2011
on April 13, 2011
Measurements of water in all the basin of the Ebro reservoir provide a result quite optimistic that the reservoirs located along this river are filled up to 82.3% of its total capacity, i.e. one 6182 hm 3 while last year to this date only was 77.6% of its total capacity.
These data provided by the basin of the Ebro (CHE) Confederation have that currently aquifer reserve exceeds the average of the years 2006 to 2010, which was of 5141 hm3, being the least reached the 4221 hm3 of 2008.
The water which has been dammed in the Ebro axis is 2059 hm3, i.e. 89.4 per cent of its capacity, while on the right bank reach the 480 hm3 (77.1%), the left reaches the 3643 (79.5%).
The Ebro as it passes through Zaragoza, brings a wealth of 191 3 m per second, while last year was 190 m3 per second, while at the height of Castejon Navarra the flow of the Ebro amounts already to 175 m3 per secondWhen last year was only 160 m3.
