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Ships bring water to parched Barcelona
http :// news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7398012.stm
By David Shukman
BBC environment correspondent, Barcelona
Climb down the stony banks of the massive Sau reservoir in the
mountains above Barcelona and you get a real sense of why this famous
city is so short of water that it's resorted to bringing in emergency
supplies - by ship.
Nestling in a deep valley of stunning cliffs and forests, this vital
source of water has sunk so low it's exposed the eerie sight of a
medieval village that was flooded when the reservoir was opened in the
1960s.
The huddle of ancient stone buildings, including a church with its
spire, has now re-emerged into the light and stands as a potent symbol
of the severity of this water crisis.
Medieval village (BBC)
The emergence of the village has brought sightseers to the reservoir
In a year that so far ranks as Spain's driest since records began 60
years ago, the reservoir is currently holding as little as 18% of its
capacity - at a time of year when winter rains would usually have
provided an essential boost by now.
Rainfall figures show a consistent series of shortfalls in recent
years - just as Barcelona's population has expanded to more than five
million and the region's booming agribusinesses demand ever more
irrigation.
For residents here, the arrival of water by ship is a profound shock -
normally it's the drier areas further South that are notoriously
parched.
Already they are living with restrictions on the use of hosepipes and
the filling of swimming pools.
Tanker (BBC)
Shipments of water are now needed to sustain the great city
Now the Barcelona authorities are having to take the unprecedented
step for any major European city of topping up supplies by the highly
visible means of giant tankers arriving in relays, each bringing 28
million litres, up to a dozen ships coming over the next month.
The shipments won't be enough to restore the reservoirs - or make the
ancient village vanish again.
But they may buy time for a highly controversial pipeline to be
completed by the end of the year. That should bring more reliable
supplies from a neighbouring region but at a high political cost.
And it may also remind people of the forecasts from climate scientists
of still drier conditions to come in the approaching decades.
http :// news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7398012.stm
By David Shukman
BBC environment correspondent, Barcelona
Climb down the stony banks of the massive Sau reservoir in the
mountains above Barcelona and you get a real sense of why this famous
city is so short of water that it's resorted to bringing in emergency
supplies - by ship.
Nestling in a deep valley of stunning cliffs and forests, this vital
source of water has sunk so low it's exposed the eerie sight of a
medieval village that was flooded when the reservoir was opened in the
1960s.
The huddle of ancient stone buildings, including a church with its
spire, has now re-emerged into the light and stands as a potent symbol
of the severity of this water crisis.
Medieval village (BBC)
The emergence of the village has brought sightseers to the reservoir
In a year that so far ranks as Spain's driest since records began 60
years ago, the reservoir is currently holding as little as 18% of its
capacity - at a time of year when winter rains would usually have
provided an essential boost by now.
Rainfall figures show a consistent series of shortfalls in recent
years - just as Barcelona's population has expanded to more than five
million and the region's booming agribusinesses demand ever more
irrigation.
For residents here, the arrival of water by ship is a profound shock -
normally it's the drier areas further South that are notoriously
parched.
Already they are living with restrictions on the use of hosepipes and
the filling of swimming pools.
Tanker (BBC)
Shipments of water are now needed to sustain the great city
Now the Barcelona authorities are having to take the unprecedented
step for any major European city of topping up supplies by the highly
visible means of giant tankers arriving in relays, each bringing 28
million litres, up to a dozen ships coming over the next month.
The shipments won't be enough to restore the reservoirs - or make the
ancient village vanish again.
But they may buy time for a highly controversial pipeline to be
completed by the end of the year. That should bring more reliable
supplies from a neighbouring region but at a high political cost.
And it may also remind people of the forecasts from climate scientists
of still drier conditions to come in the approaching decades.
Re: Ships bring water to parched Barcelona
Joe McCarthy wrote:
> http :// news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7398012.stm
>
> By David Shukman
> BBC environment correspondent, Barcelona
>
> Climb down the stony banks of the massive Sau reservoir in the
> mountains above Barcelona and you get a real sense of why this famous
> city is so short of water that it's resorted to bringing in emergency
> supplies - by ship.
But when Cathy 'n Bill visited the place they said it was right near
the sea, so why the need to "ship" in water...???
--
Best
Greg
Joe McCarthy wrote:
> http :// news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7398012.stm
>
> By David Shukman
> BBC environment correspondent, Barcelona
>
> Climb down the stony banks of the massive Sau reservoir in the
> mountains above Barcelona and you get a real sense of why this famous
> city is so short of water that it's resorted to bringing in emergency
> supplies - by ship.
But when Cathy 'n Bill visited the place they said it was right near
the sea, so why the need to "ship" in water...???
--
Best
Greg
Re: Ships bring water to parched Barcelona
Gregory Morrow writes:
> But when Cathy 'n Bill visited the place they said it was right near
> the sea, so why the need to "ship" in water...???
Desalinization is much much expensive.
Gregory Morrow writes:
> But when Cathy 'n Bill visited the place they said it was right near
> the sea, so why the need to "ship" in water...???
Desalinization is much much expensive.
Re: Ships bring water to parched Barcelona
On 13 May, 21:32, Mxsmanic <mxsma...@gmail,com > wrote:
> Gregory Morrow writes:
> > But when Cathy 'n Bill visited the place they said it was right near
> > the sea, so why the need to "ship" in water...???
>
> Desalinization is much much expensive.
and what about Desalination ??
On 13 May, 21:32, Mxsmanic <mxsma...@gmail,com > wrote:
> Gregory Morrow writes:
> > But when Cathy 'n Bill visited the place they said it was right near
> > the sea, so why the need to "ship" in water...???
>
> Desalinization is much much expensive.
and what about Desalination ??
Re: Ships bring water to parched Barcelona
Mxsmanic wrote:
> Gregory Morrow writes:
> > But when Cathy 'n Bill visited the place they said it was right near
> > the sea, so why the need to "ship" in water...???
>
> Desalinization is much much expensive.
Cheap atomic - powered desalinisation will one day make the desert
"bloom"...
Who knows, someday we may even see a London Bridge in Arizona...
--
Best
Greg
Mxsmanic wrote:
> Gregory Morrow writes:
> > But when Cathy 'n Bill visited the place they said it was right near
> > the sea, so why the need to "ship" in water...???
>
> Desalinization is much much expensive.
Cheap atomic - powered desalinisation will one day make the desert
"bloom"...
Who knows, someday we may even see a London Bridge in Arizona...
--
Best
Greg
Re: Ships bring water to parched Barcelona
Gregory Morrow wrote:
> Mxsmanic wrote:
>
>> Gregory Morrow writes:
>>> But when Cathy 'n Bill visited the place they said it was right near
>>> the sea, so why the need to "ship" in water...???
>> Desalinization is much much expensive.
>
>
> Cheap atomic - powered desalinisation will one day make the desert
> "bloom"...
>
> Who knows, someday we may even see a London Bridge in Arizona...
I'd have thought that deserts have no shortage of energy for
desalination. Getting rid of the salt might be a problem.
--
Dirk
http :// www .transcendence.me.uk/ - Transcendence UK
Remote Viewing classes in London
Gregory Morrow wrote:
> Mxsmanic wrote:
>
>> Gregory Morrow writes:
>>> But when Cathy 'n Bill visited the place they said it was right near
>>> the sea, so why the need to "ship" in water...???
>> Desalinization is much much expensive.
>
>
> Cheap atomic - powered desalinisation will one day make the desert
> "bloom"...
>
> Who knows, someday we may even see a London Bridge in Arizona...
I'd have thought that deserts have no shortage of energy for
desalination. Getting rid of the salt might be a problem.
--
Dirk
http :// www .transcendence.me.uk/ - Transcendence UK
Remote Viewing classes in London
Re: Ships bring water to parched Barcelona
Following up to Dirk Bruere at NeoPax
>> Who knows, someday we may even see a London Bridge in Arizona...
>
> I'd have thought that deserts have no shortage of energy for
> desalination. Getting rid of the salt might be a problem.
and getting the water to the desert.
--
"Mike....."(not "Mike")
remove clothing to email
Following up to Dirk Bruere at NeoPax
>> Who knows, someday we may even see a London Bridge in Arizona...
>
> I'd have thought that deserts have no shortage of energy for
> desalination. Getting rid of the salt might be a problem.
and getting the water to the desert.
--
"Mike....."(not "Mike")
remove clothing to email
Re: Ships bring water to parched Barcelona
Mike...... wrote:
> Following up to Dirk Bruere at NeoPax
>
>>> Who knows, someday we may even see a London Bridge in Arizona...
>> I'd have thought that deserts have no shortage of energy for
>> desalination. Getting rid of the salt might be a problem.
>
> and getting the water to the desert.
No, the water has to go there anyway.
--
Dirk
http :// www .transcendence.me.uk/ - Transcendence UK
Remote Viewing classes in London
Mike...... wrote:
> Following up to Dirk Bruere at NeoPax
>
>>> Who knows, someday we may even see a London Bridge in Arizona...
>> I'd have thought that deserts have no shortage of energy for
>> desalination. Getting rid of the salt might be a problem.
>
> and getting the water to the desert.
No, the water has to go there anyway.
--
Dirk
http :// www .transcendence.me.uk/ - Transcendence UK
Remote Viewing classes in London
Re: Ships bring water to parched Barcelona
On Thu, 15 May 2008 10:49:43 +0100, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote:
>>>> Who knows, someday we may even see a London Bridge in Arizona...
>>> I'd have thought that deserts have no shortage of energy for
>>> desalination. Getting rid of the salt might be a problem.
>>
>> and getting the water to the desert.
>
> No, the water has to go there anyway.
...to cool the nuclear reactor that makes the electricity that's needed to
desalinate the water ....
--
Tim C.
On Thu, 15 May 2008 10:49:43 +0100, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote:
>>>> Who knows, someday we may even see a London Bridge in Arizona...
>>> I'd have thought that deserts have no shortage of energy for
>>> desalination. Getting rid of the salt might be a problem.
>>
>> and getting the water to the desert.
>
> No, the water has to go there anyway.
...to cool the nuclear reactor that makes the electricity that's needed to
desalinate the water ....
--
Tim C.
Re: Ships bring water to parched Barcelona
Following up to Gregory Morrow
> Cheap atomic - powered desalinisation will one day make the desert
> "bloom"...
how many years have they been saying that? Still, as you say, London Bridge
is ready.
--
"Mike....."(not "Mike")
remove clothing to email
Following up to Gregory Morrow
> Cheap atomic - powered desalinisation will one day make the desert
> "bloom"...
how many years have they been saying that? Still, as you say, London Bridge
is ready.
--
"Mike....."(not "Mike")
remove clothing to email
Re: Ships bring water to parched Barcelona
Mike wrote:
> Following up to Gregory Morrow
>
> > Cheap atomic - powered desalinisation will one day make the desert
> > "bloom"...
>
> how many years have they been saying that? Still, as you say, London Bridge
> is ready.
I was simply trying to drag Mixi into a decades - long (and ultimately
pointless) thread about the virtues of cheap atomic desalinisation...
:-)
--
Best
Greg
Mike wrote:
> Following up to Gregory Morrow
>
> > Cheap atomic - powered desalinisation will one day make the desert
> > "bloom"...
>
> how many years have they been saying that? Still, as you say, London Bridge
> is ready.
I was simply trying to drag Mixi into a decades - long (and ultimately
pointless) thread about the virtues of cheap atomic desalinisation...
:-)
--
Best
Greg
Re: Ships bring water to parched Barcelona
Following up to Gregory Morrow
>> how many years have they been saying that? Still, as you say, London Bridge
>> is ready.
>
>
> I was simply trying to drag Mixi into a decades - long (and ultimately
> pointless) thread about the virtues of cheap atomic desalinisation...
sure, I thought i was helping :-)
--
"Mike....."(not "Mike")
remove clothing to email
Following up to Gregory Morrow
>> how many years have they been saying that? Still, as you say, London Bridge
>> is ready.
>
>
> I was simply trying to drag Mixi into a decades - long (and ultimately
> pointless) thread about the virtues of cheap atomic desalinisation...
sure, I thought i was helping :-)
--
"Mike....."(not "Mike")
remove clothing to email
Re: Ships bring water to parched Barcelona
On Thu, 15 May 2008 13:31:36 -0700 (PDT), in rec.travel.europe, Gregory Morrow
<gregorymorrow@earthlink,net > arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
... Mike wrote:
...
...
... > Following up to Gregory Morrow
... >
... > > Cheap atomic - powered desalinisation will one day make the desert
... > > "bloom"...
... >
... > how many years have they been saying that? Still, as you say, London Bridge
... > is ready.
...
...
... I was simply trying to drag Mixi into a decades - long (and ultimately
... pointless) thread about the virtues of cheap atomic desalinisation...
...
... :-)
"Mixi" and "pointless" in the same sentence... Sheer bliss! :))
=====
It sounds much better in French, but then, everything does.
On Thu, 15 May 2008 13:31:36 -0700 (PDT), in rec.travel.europe, Gregory Morrow
<gregorymorrow@earthlink,net > arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
... Mike wrote:
...
...
... > Following up to Gregory Morrow
... >
... > > Cheap atomic - powered desalinisation will one day make the desert
... > > "bloom"...
... >
... > how many years have they been saying that? Still, as you say, London Bridge
... > is ready.
...
...
... I was simply trying to drag Mixi into a decades - long (and ultimately
... pointless) thread about the virtues of cheap atomic desalinisation...
...
... :-)
"Mixi" and "pointless" in the same sentence... Sheer bliss! :))
=====
It sounds much better in French, but then, everything does.
Re: Ships bring water to parched Barcelona
On Tue, 13 May 2008 10:15:18 -0700 (PDT), in rec.travel.europe, Gregory Morrow
<gregorymorrow@earthlink,net > arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
... Joe McCarthy wrote:
...
... > http :// news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7398012.stm
... >
... > By David Shukman
... > BBC environment correspondent, Barcelona
... >
... > Climb down the stony banks of the massive Sau reservoir in the
... > mountains above Barcelona and you get a real sense of why this famous
... > city is so short of water that it's resorted to bringing in emergency
... > supplies - by ship.
...
...
... But when Cathy 'n Bill visited the place they said it was right near
... the sea, so why the need to "ship" in water...???
It was Barcelona... in some parallel dimension! ;)
====It sounds much better in French, but then, everything does.
On Tue, 13 May 2008 10:15:18 -0700 (PDT), in rec.travel.europe, Gregory Morrow
<gregorymorrow@earthlink,net > arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
... Joe McCarthy wrote:
...
... > http :// news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7398012.stm
... >
... > By David Shukman
... > BBC environment correspondent, Barcelona
... >
... > Climb down the stony banks of the massive Sau reservoir in the
... > mountains above Barcelona and you get a real sense of why this famous
... > city is so short of water that it's resorted to bringing in emergency
... > supplies - by ship.
...
...
... But when Cathy 'n Bill visited the place they said it was right near
... the sea, so why the need to "ship" in water...???
It was Barcelona... in some parallel dimension! ;)
====It sounds much better in French, but then, everything does.
Re: Ships bring water to parched Barcelona
morrow the cretin
"Gregory Morrow" <gregorymorrow@earthlink,net > a écrit dans le message de
news:832a014b-f7eb-46ed-b54e-a29e5872cdc8@j22g2000hsf.googlegroups,com ...
Joe McCarthy wrote:
> http :// news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7398012.stm
>
> By David Shukman
> BBC environment correspondent, Barcelona
>
> Climb down the stony banks of the massive Sau reservoir in the
> mountains above Barcelona and you get a real sense of why this famous
> city is so short of water that it's resorted to bringing in emergency
> supplies - by ship.
But when Cathy 'n Bill visited the place they said it was right near
the sea, so why the need to "ship" in water...???
--
Best
Greg
morrow the cretin
"Gregory Morrow" <gregorymorrow@earthlink,net > a écrit dans le message de
news:832a014b-f7eb-46ed-b54e-a29e5872cdc8@j22g2000hsf.googlegroups,com ...
Joe McCarthy wrote:
> http :// news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7398012.stm
>
> By David Shukman
> BBC environment correspondent, Barcelona
>
> Climb down the stony banks of the massive Sau reservoir in the
> mountains above Barcelona and you get a real sense of why this famous
> city is so short of water that it's resorted to bringing in emergency
> supplies - by ship.
But when Cathy 'n Bill visited the place they said it was right near
the sea, so why the need to "ship" in water...???
--
Best
Greg
