InfoBierzo| The Sil monitoring station in Toreno is almost ready: it collects quality data, flood and drought forecasts
The European POCTEP RISC PLUS project, focused on strengthening the resilience of the Miño and Limia transboundary basins to climate change, has taken important steps in the implementation of automatic hydrological information systems. The European POCTEP RISC PLUS project, focused on strengthening the resilience of the Miño and Limia cross-border basins in the face of […]
Through the Risc_Plus project, the CHMS increases the SAIH and SAICA control points in the international demarcation of the Miño, Sil and Limia rivers
New stations have been built on the Narla, Quiroga and Tamuxe rivers, and are being built on the Sil and Lobios rivers. The project is also making progress in the preparation of a joint Special Drought Plan (Spain-Portugal) that will enable more rigorous diagnosis and management of scenarios of prolonged drought and cyclical shortages. The […]
The Miño-Sil River Basin Authority makes progress in hydrological planning
They approved the new Special Drought Plan and delimited potential flood zones. The president of the Miño-Sil River Basin Authority (CHMS), José Antonio Quiroga, convened this Tuesday the governing, participation and cooperation bodies of the demarcation to analyse various issues related to water management. They are the Governing Board, the Committee of Competent Authorities and […]
CHMS presents its water plans: more prevention against droughts and floods
With more than 600 kilometres of rivers at risk of flooding and the growing threat of droughts, the Miño-Sil River Basin Authority (CHMS) has launched an ambitious plan to improve water management. The Miño-Sil River Basin Authority (CHMS) has announced a budget of 52.8 million euros for 2025, an increase of 9.72% over the previous […]
APA expands its monitoring network in Minho and Lima
Within the framework of the international Risc_Plus project, APA is launching a public tender for the installation and rehabilitation of hydrometeorological stations in the Hydrographic Region of Minho and Lima (RH1). Taking into account the current economic situation and the price variations that have occurred in the recent past, APA previously carried out a preliminary […]
New Station of Quality of the Water in Or Rosebush: Advances in the Hydrological Monitoring
The new station, co-financed by the European project POCTEP RISC_PLUS, will improve the monitoring of water quality in the region. The Miño-Sil Hydrographic Confederation (CHMS) has completed the installation of a new Automatic Water Quality System (SAICA) station on the Tamuxe River, in the municipality of O Rosal, Pontevedra. This initiative is part of the […]
The CHMS wide the automatic system of quality of the waters (SAICA) with a station in the river Tamuxe in Or Rosebush
Installation co-financed through the European Project POCTEP RISC_PLUS The Miño-Sil river basin has 116 stations providing hydrological information (SAIH), and 19 of them are equipped with specific technology to also provide water quality data (SAICA) The Miño-Sil Hydrographic Confederation (CHMS) has completed the installation of a new Automatic Water Quality System (SAICA) station on the […]
I find “strategic challenges of the water”: The experts plead for the planning to combat the shortage of water
Sector specialists highlighted the need for innovation in the context of climate change to improve water management efficiency during a meeting organized by Prensa Ibérica at the Canal Isabel II facilities Water is the source of life. No wonder, the major European capitals developed alongside great rivers like the Thames and the Seine. This is […]
The Hydrographic Confederation of the Miño-Sil wide the Network SAIH with a new station in the municipality lucense of Friol
The SAIH stations provide data every 5 minutes to the River Basin Control Center (CECU), facilitating decision-making in risk situations. In its effort to improve the management and control of water resources, the Miño-Sil Hydrographic Confederation (CHMS), an autonomous body under the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO), takes a further step […]
El Proyecto POCTEP RISC_PLUS avanza en sus actividades y celebra la 3ª reunión del consorcio
The consortium conducted an analysis of ongoing activities and the planning of future actions of the project and its communication. The works on the stations at the Narla River in Friol (Lugo) and the Quiroga River (Lugo) are in the finalization phase. The strategic part associated with the methodology for the Miño-Sil Drought Plan, the […]
