• As part of a European project, the Miño-Sil Hydrographic Confederation is strengthening control in the international district

The European Risc-Plus project, focused on strengthening the resilience of the Miño and Limia transboundary basins against climate change, is progressing with the implementation of automatic hydrological and water quality information systems, drought analysis and flood forecasting.

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

The Miño-Sil Hydrographic Confederation reports that, to date, 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 construction, with civil works practically completed, located on the Sil river in Toreno (León) and on the Lobios river in Lobios (Ourense). For their part, the Portuguese partners are carrying out administrative work to complete the surveillance network in their territory, guaranteeing a coordinated and cross-border approach.

‘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, which help in decision-making,’ explains José Antonio Quiroga, president of the CHMS.