• New stations set up on the Narla, Quiroga and Tamuxe rivers, and in progress on the Sil and Lobios rivers

The European POCTEP RISC_PLUS project, focused on strengthening the resilience of the Miño and Limia transboundary basins against climate change, has taken important steps in the implementation of automatic systems for hydrological information and water quality, drought analysis and flood forecasting. These actions consolidate its commitment to sustainable water management adapted to current challenges.

Currently, the automatic hydrological information system (SAIH) has 116 control points in the Demarcation of Miño-Sil, which will increase to 124 by the end of the project. Similarly, the automatic information system for water quality (SAICA), which has 18 stations, will increase to 20 once RISC_PLUS is completed.

To date, the work has been completed and the stations located on the Narla River in Friol (Lugo), the Quiroga River in Quiroga (Lugo) and the Tamuxe River in O Rosal (Pontevedra) are in operation. In addition, two more stations are at an advanced stage of execution, with the civil works practically completed, located on the Sil River in Toreno and on the Lobios River in Lobios (Ourense).

‘It is important to remember that through the SAIH stations, information is obtained from our watercourses in real time, based on the capture, transmission and processing of the values adopted by the most significant hydrometeorological and hydraulic variables; the sensors at these control points are located in very specific geographical locations and studied in order to obtain precise data to aid decision-making,’ explained José Antonio Quiroga, president of the CHMS.