Murcia, water and the lack thereof

The New York Times has an article (registration may be required) today on water shortages which focusses in on the situation in Murcia, Spain. In summary the current situation is very difficult and the prognosis is for this to become a great deal worse.I wrote a couple of months ago about the shortages in one area of Spain, Catalonia, and political inter-party rivalries that seem to influence the