Madrid says no to Catalan transfer
- From: Vol 9, Issue 4 (April 2008)
- Category: General
- Region: Europe
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Spanish Socialists have been accused of double standards over a new water transfer plan to address Barcelona’s growing crisis.
Spain’s newly re-elected Socialist (PSOE) government in Madrid has vetoed plans by the PSOE-led Catalan autonomous government to implement a 129,000m3/d water transfer scheme to prevent Barcelona running out of water if drought conditions persist until September.
The Catalan government insists that the transfer from the river Segre, a tributary of the Ebro, to the river Llobregat ...
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