Abundant precipitation in Spain in recent months has boosted the amount of water stored in the country’s reservoirs, noted the ministry for the ecological transition (Miteco).
Miteco reported that on average across the country, they stand at 77.5% of total capacity (end of May, 2025 figure).
This means that 43,407 cubic hectometers (hm³) of water is stored; up from 37,153 hm³ at the same time last year.
However, there is a great disparity in the levels found in different parts of Spain.
While the internal reservoirs of the Basque Country are at 95.2% of total capacity, in the Segura basin they stand at 31%.
For the Segura – which supplies households in south Alicante province, Murcia and Almería – at least the worst of the drought emergency has passed, with water levels up from 24% at the same time last year.
In Cataluña, the turn-around has been spectacular. Just 15 months ago the region was immersed in one of its worst droughts on record and emergency measures had been brought in to restrict household use.
Levels in internal reservoirs in the region had fallen to just 16% of total capacity. In the Sau reservoir the water had sunk so low that an old church and buildings appeared (see photo), which became tourist attractions as people arrived to walk round the lost village.
A series of intense deluges over recent months has meant the figure has shot up to 80% of total capacity; a staggering reversal of fortunes when the regional government had been contemplating importing water on ships from Valencia.
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