18 municipalities in Málaga province remain of full official drought alert. The decision from the drought committee comes after the recent rainfall, but the regional water board, the Cuenca Mediterránea Andaluza has made it clear that all areas of the province are suffering from the same problems, although the situation in the Western Costa del Sol is better than expected a few months ago. Málaga City remains in the official drought zone.

The regional water board has also announced that it has fined some large users of water for not supplying it with data on their water use. Among those fined are the Parador de Golf in Málaga, and the municipal cleaning company Citesa. 64 clients in the drought area use more than 250,000m3 of water a year.

Latest figures for the Málaga region’s reservoirs show that they are now at 32,9% capacity. Levels rose by 3.7 cubic hectometres over the past seven days to stand at a new total of 198.7 cubic hectometres. Both the Guadlateba and Limonero reservoirs remain below 10% capacity.

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