Overview
- The Eiras reservoir stands at about 33.6% capacity and has been dropping roughly 0.6 percentage points per day, leaving roughly 24–25 days of water with guaranteed quality at current rates.
- Vigo's municipally funded potabilizadora (water treatment plant) is currently maintaining drinking-water quality and city officials say the system is preventing immediate quality failures.
- The city will immediately reduce the ecological flow from Eiras to conserve water, a step that officials say may harm river ecosystems but is needed to stretch supplies.
- Mayor Abel Caballero renewed a 15-year demand for an upstream dam and blamed the regional government for not taking preventive action, while warning that the shortage could influence investment decisions.
- Forecasters predict rain this coming weekend but officials stress its timing and volume are uncertain and may not be enough to change the short-term outlook for Vigo and the surrounding municipalities.