SPANISH HYDROLOGICAL PLAN
January 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE SPANISH government is seeking to head off a move at the European Parliament to persuade the European Commission that Spain's ambitious national hydrological plan breaks European Union (EU) environmental legislation and so should not be eligible for funding from Brussels. Madrid is hoping that EU funds will cover around a third of the total Euro 23 billion cost of the project, which entails the diversion of 1,050 cubic hectometres of water from the northern Ebro river to more arid parts of Spain. At a hearing of the parliament's petitions ...
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