Faucets without water between 7 and 13 hours a day in 11 towns in the Sierra de Huelva

• Sustainable Spain runs out of water: 27 million inhabitants are at risk of suffering shortages in 2050

A gesture as common as turning on the tap and

becomes impossible in 11 towns in the Huelva region of the

, whose residents face restrictions of between seven and thirteen hours a day.

The most affected are the around

public water company

, have had their supply cut off for thirteen hours

a.m.

They point out from the company that

that will be maintained until "acceptable" levels are achieved in the deposits, something that will allow the restrictions to be resumed between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.

After them and for six days now, the almost

do not have running water from ten at night to seven in the morning, between 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.;

and those of

(1,100), Puerto Moral (300) and, as of today, those of

(300), a total of nine when also facing those evening restrictions.

Along with these towns, other small towns that see their number of inhabitants double or even triple in summer, such as Valdelarco,

,

and

maintain early morning restrictions from

, a measure to which Jabugo has also joined this week.

Giahsa

took the first measures to deal with the lack of water caused by the drought period and the lack of infrastructure in the region at the end of June.

The worsening of the situation, motivated, among other things, by the

has caused emergency measures to be taken almost daily to enable the different reservoirs and wells to maintain water levels that allow water to be available at least in the most necessary hours of the day.

has

insisted on the importance that "we all collaborate in our day to day, not using water for uses that are not strictly necessary".

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