Spanish U-turn over new water transfers

The Spanish government is spurning desalination by showing support for two major water transfer schemes. Is it anything more than a political firework display?

Spain’s Socialist government appears to be abandoning its previous opposition to large-scale hydraulic infrastructure projects, and is considering the viability of two major new water transfers in its efforts to sidestep long-standing territorial disputes over access to water resources.

Elena Espinosa, who heads the newly merged Environment and Agriculture Ministry, confirmed at the end of October that “a team ...

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