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Environment Ministry Says It Is Enforcing Tajo–Segura Rulings, Sets No Date for New Rules

Upstream communities press for immediate application of higher ecological flows.

Overview

  • The Central Commission approved a consolidated transfer of 81 hm3 to the Segura for October, November and December at 27 hm3 per month under the existing exploitation framework.
  • State secretary Hugo Morán said Supreme Court decisions are being executed but declined to give a timetable to publish revised exploitation rules.
  • Officials explained the three-month authorization was issued together for administrative efficiency given expected resource availability.
  • The transfer system will shut from mid‑December until February or March for technical maintenance, pausing deliveries after the approved shipments.
  • Downstream regions and SCRATS asked the ministry to stop the effective cut, while Castilla‑La Mancha, Toledo and ribereño municipalities demand immediate rule changes; reports differ on pending volumes at 168 hm3 versus 132 hm3 as headwaters sit at Level 2 and the Segura basin remains near 18.6%.