Galician water reserves drop to 48.4% after rainfall

Galician basins experience a decrease in capacity, while other areas of Spain received abundant precipitation.

Generic image of a Galician reservoir with a low water level.
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Generic image of a Galician reservoir with a low water level.

Spanish water reserves stand at 57.8% of their total capacity, with a total of 32,409 cubic hectometers, while Galician basins are experiencing a significant drop.

Spanish reservoirs currently store 32,409 cubic hectometers of water, representing 57.8% of their total capacity. During the last period, there was a decrease of 282 hm³, which is 0.5% less than the total capacity.
By regions, water reserves show the following percentages: Eastern Cantabrian (54.8%), Western Cantabrian (57.1%), Miño-Sil (53.1%), Galicia Costa (48.4%), internal basins of the Basque Country (71.4%), Duero (47.7%), Tajo (53.6%), Guadiana (72%), Tinto, Odiel and Piedras (61.1%), Guadalete-Barbate (74.9%), Guadalquivir (68.8%), Andalusian Mediterranean Basin (63.3%), Segura (48.9%), Júcar (52%), Ebro (45.4%), and internal basins of Catalonia (73.4%).
Recent rainfall has been abundant in the Mediterranean slope and has also considerably affected the Atlantic slope. The maximum recorded was in Pamplona with 90.4 mm (90.4 l/m²).
This information, which is updated weekly, is available more visually on the MITECO web application and in a file that includes data on peninsular reservoirs since 1988.
Based on information from the official source: Confederación Hidrográfica del Miño-Sil (15/10/2026)