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this from sur news paper 23.9.05
General News
Water cuts announced for the Costa del Sol and the city of Malaga
SUR
A reduction of ten per cent in consumption is aimed at
If it doesn’t rain in the very near future there will be cuts in the water supply to the Costa del Sol and the city of Malaga, announced the regional head of the Environment, Fuensanta Coves, on Wednesday. This was the first time that she had publicly talked about the possibility of restrictions. Coves said that on September 28th (next Wednesday) her department will be ordering cuts in the water supply to the metropolitan area of Malaga and the western Costa del Sol to be brought into force if it doesn’t rain very soon.
She did, however, state in the regional Parliament that the supply is guaranteed for 18 months for 80 per cent of the population of Andalucía, despite the fact that the situation in the province of Malaga is “serious and worrying”. The water reserves now stand at under ten per cent of the available supply in last five years. She explained that any restrictions will be brought in gradually and will affect the urban supply last of all. She commented that she wanted to hear the opinion of town halls on the matter and added that she appreciated the efforts being made by Malaga City Hall to reduce consumption.
Coves pointed out that it was vital that the challenge of reducing consumption by ten per cent was met, as that would mean that the supply could be guaranteed for another year. She also announced that the second desalination plant for Malaga will be situated in the Technology Park, and commented that she appreciated the efforts being made by farmers to reduce the volume used for watering crops.
She described the drought in Andalucía as “a normal phenomenon” and said that Andalusians “must get used to living with it”. In her opinion the region is better equipped to cope with drought now than it was during the one which lasted from 1992 to 1995.
In the last year, however, it has rained 50 per cent less than the average all over the region. It has, surprisingly, rained more in the eastern part of the province of Almeria than in the Lower Guadalquivir region. The Junta de Andalucía has invested over 70 million euros this year alone in emergency measures to cope with the worst drought since 1947.
General News
Water cuts announced for the Costa del Sol and the city of Malaga
SUR
A reduction of ten per cent in consumption is aimed at
If it doesn’t rain in the very near future there will be cuts in the water supply to the Costa del Sol and the city of Malaga, announced the regional head of the Environment, Fuensanta Coves, on Wednesday. This was the first time that she had publicly talked about the possibility of restrictions. Coves said that on September 28th (next Wednesday) her department will be ordering cuts in the water supply to the metropolitan area of Malaga and the western Costa del Sol to be brought into force if it doesn’t rain very soon.
She did, however, state in the regional Parliament that the supply is guaranteed for 18 months for 80 per cent of the population of Andalucía, despite the fact that the situation in the province of Malaga is “serious and worrying”. The water reserves now stand at under ten per cent of the available supply in last five years. She explained that any restrictions will be brought in gradually and will affect the urban supply last of all. She commented that she wanted to hear the opinion of town halls on the matter and added that she appreciated the efforts being made by Malaga City Hall to reduce consumption.
Coves pointed out that it was vital that the challenge of reducing consumption by ten per cent was met, as that would mean that the supply could be guaranteed for another year. She also announced that the second desalination plant for Malaga will be situated in the Technology Park, and commented that she appreciated the efforts being made by farmers to reduce the volume used for watering crops.
She described the drought in Andalucía as “a normal phenomenon” and said that Andalusians “must get used to living with it”. In her opinion the region is better equipped to cope with drought now than it was during the one which lasted from 1992 to 1995.
In the last year, however, it has rained 50 per cent less than the average all over the region. It has, surprisingly, rained more in the eastern part of the province of Almeria than in the Lower Guadalquivir region. The Junta de Andalucía has invested over 70 million euros this year alone in emergency measures to cope with the worst drought since 1947.
She described the drought in Andalucía as “a normal phenomenon” and said that Andalusians “must get used to living with it”
Question.....
If the drought in Andalucía is “a normal phenomenon”, why would Andalusians have to “get used to living with it”?
Wouldn't the drougth be a normal part of life in in Andalucía and something that Andalusians would be "used to living with it" a long time before this?