Sunday’s heavy rain helps fill the reservoirs on the Costa del Sol
The rainfall registered yesterday (Sunday) in Malaga, along a large part of the Costa del Sol, and in the Guadalhorce areas, has helped stabilise and replenish many of the reservoirs in the province that are suffering from a prolonged drought.
This was confirmed by data showing that 39.4mm of rain had fallen by 7pm last night in the town of Ojén, near Marbella, which has helped slow down, for now, the steady drop in water levels in reservoirs, but has not refilled them to usual levels.
The La Concepción reservoir, which registered 12.8mm of rainfall, managed to maintain the same level with which the day began, of 41.73 cubic hectometres, according to the data recorded at 7pm.
The Guadalhorce area also benefited from the rain, where the Guadalteba reservoir also maintained the same level without dropping, with 12.3mm of rain in 24 hours, and 10.5mmm were recorded at the Conde del Guadalhorce reservoir.
In Malaga City, 19.1mm were registered in the Limonero reservoir in 24 hours, although its stored water level barely increased. Likewise, 12.7mm was measured on the Paseo de la Farola, and the Casasola reservoir, in the municipality of Almogía, registered rainfall of 19.9mm in 24 hours.
AEMET have said that they expect this weather with rain and occasional storms to remain in the Malaga province until tomorrow (Tuesday), so there is still an opportunity that it will continue to improve the complicated situation in many of the south coast’s reservoirs.