{"id":"oct2026-spain-water-reserves-oct20","canonicalSlug":"oct2026-spain-water-reserves-oct20","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/oct2026-spain-water-reserves-oct20","language":"en","title":"Spain’s reservoirs held 57.2% of capacity on 20 October","summary":"MITECO reported 32,062 hm³ in reservoirs, down 352 hm³ over the week; basin levels ranged from 44.9% in the Ebro to 74.6% in Guadalete-Barbate.","body":["Spain’s Ministry for the Ecological Transition reported on 20 October that national reservoir storage stood at 57.2% of capacity, or 32,062 cubic hectometres. Storage had fallen by 352 hm³ over the reporting period, equal to 0.6% of total reservoir capacity.","The ministry reported marked differences between basins: the Ebro stood at 44.9%, Duero at 46.5%, Segura at 48.5%, and internal Catalonia basins at 73.0%. Rainfall was concentrated on the Mediterranean side; Castellón recorded the maximum, 59.6 mm."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Spain’s reservoirs held 57.2% of capacity on 20 October\n\nMITECO reported 32,062 hm³ in reservoirs, down 352 hm³ over the week; basin levels ranged from 44.9% in the Ebro to 74.6% in Guadalete-Barbate.\n\nSpain’s Ministry for the Ecological Transition reported on 20 October that national reservoir storage stood at 57.2% of capacity, or 32,062 cubic hectometres. Storage had fallen by 352 hm³ over the reporting period, equal to 0.6% of total reservoir capacity.\n\nThe ministry reported marked differences between basins: the Ebro stood at 44.9%, Duero at 46.5%, Segura at 48.5%, and internal Catalonia basins at 73.0%. Rainfall was concentrated on the Mediterranean side; Castellón recorded the maximum, 59.6 mm.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":["statistics"],"eventDate":"2026-10-20","eventDateBasis":"source-announcement-publication","publishedAt":"2026-10-22T12:24:35Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-22T12:24:35Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-22T12:13:41Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-20","translatedAt":"2026-10-22T12:09:00Z","sources":[{"url":"https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/prensa/ultimas-noticias/2026/octubre/la-reserva-hidrica-espanola-se-encuentra-al-57-2---de-su-capacid.html","name":"Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO)","checkedAt":"2026-10-22","attribution":"Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO); factual summary based on the official release; no source text or image reproduced.","publishedAt":"2026-10-20"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/oct2026-spain-water-reserves-oct20","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/oct2026-spain-water-reserves-oct20","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/oct2026-spain-water-reserves-oct20","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/oct2026-spain-water-reserves-oct20","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/oct2026-spain-water-reserves-oct20","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/oct2026-spain-water-reserves-oct20","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/oct2026-spain-water-reserves-oct20"},"corrections":[],"locations":[],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["statistical-release"],"geographies":[{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"ES","subdivisionCode":null}],"evidenceBasis":["reported-observation"],"measurementPeriod":{"to":"2026-10-20","from":"2026-10-20","precision":"day"}}}