{"id":152524,"date":"2026-02-09T10:25:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T09:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/reservas-agua-balears-al-alza-enero\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T17:27:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T16:27:47","slug":"reservas-agua-balears-al-alza-enero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/reservas-agua-balears-al-alza-enero\/","title":{"rendered":"January rainfall boosts the Balearic Islands\u2019 water reserves to 51%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"287\" data-end=\"614\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-152521 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gorg-Blau.webp\" alt=\"Gorg Blau\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"287\" data-end=\"614\">The <strong>Balearic Islands\u2019 water reserves<\/strong> have seen an <strong>improvement in January<\/strong> thanks to the <strong>heavy rainfall<\/strong> recorded across the archipelago. According to the latest official data, the <strong>overall level of water resources stands at 51%<\/strong>, <strong>two points higher<\/strong> than in <strong>December<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"616\" data-end=\"854\">By island, <strong>Mallorca<\/strong> has risen from <strong>49% to 51%<\/strong>, <strong>Menorca<\/strong> from <strong>46% to 49%<\/strong> and <strong>Ibiza<\/strong> from <strong>48% to 51%<\/strong>, with Ibiza returning to a state of <strong>normality<\/strong> for the first time since December 2022, after more than three years outside this scenario.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"856\" data-end=\"1294\">Eight demand units on the rise<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"856\" data-end=\"1294\">The improvement is also reflected in the demand units (DUs). Eight of them recorded increases in January: Menorca, Art\u00e0, Manacor-Felanitx, Palma-Alc\u00fadia, Tramuntana Nord, Tramuntana Sud, Ibiza and Formentera, while the Migjorn DU remained stable. The most notable gains were in the Tramuntana Sud, Tramuntana Nord and Ibiza DUs, which have moved into a situation of normality, and in the Art\u00e0 DU, which has shifted to the pre-alert stage.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"856\" data-end=\"1294\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-152515\" src=\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Reservas-hidricas-Balears-2026.webp\" alt=\"Balearic Islands water reserves January 2026\" width=\"500\" height=\"625\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1296\" data-end=\"1462\">At present, <strong>44.2%<\/strong> of Balearic territory is in a situation of <strong>normality<\/strong>, <strong>45.6%<\/strong> is in <strong>pre-alert<\/strong>, and <strong>10.2%<\/strong> remains on <strong>alert<\/strong>, corresponding to the <strong>Es Pla demand unit<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1464\" data-end=\"1705\">The overall index for the Hydrographic District stands at 0.489, a figure higher than one year ago (0.450) and two years ago (0.481), confirming a positive trend in reserves compared with recent years.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1464\" data-end=\"1705\">An exceptionally wet January<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1707\" data-end=\"2086\">This improvement is directly linked to an <strong>exceptionally wet January<\/strong>. According to Spain\u2019s State Meteorological Agency (AEMET), January was classified as <strong>very wet<\/strong> across the archipelago, with an <strong>average rainfall of 115.2 litres per square metre<\/strong>, <strong>almost double the historical average<\/strong>. In Mallorca, <strong>119.9 l\/m\u00b2<\/strong> were recorded, compared with a <strong>typical average of 59.5 l\/m\u00b2<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2088\" data-end=\"2359\">The <strong>interannual rainfall balance<\/strong> stands at <strong>117%<\/strong> across the Balearics, with a particularly marked impact in the <strong>Piti\u00fcses<\/strong>, where it reaches <strong>159%<\/strong>. As for temperatures, <strong>December<\/strong> was warm, with an <strong>average of 11\u00b0C<\/strong> and a <strong>positive anomaly of +0.8\u00b0C<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2361\" data-end=\"2672\">Looking ahead to <strong>February<\/strong>, and given the time of year and the current situation, forecasts suggest that <strong>water reserves will continue to increase<\/strong>, consolidating the improvement seen in the most favoured demand units, without any major changes expected in the current scenarios.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Balearic Islands\u2019 water reserves have seen an improvement in <a href=\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/reservas-agua-balears-al-alza-enero\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":152522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1520],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-152524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>January rainfall boosts the Balearic Islands\u2019 water reserves - Mallorca Global Mag<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January rainfall raises water reserves in the Balearic Islands to 51%. 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