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News, January 2007More NewsA few more news items and where to find more news about Spain:Water reserves:[Image 49???]After two years of drought, water reserves are noteworthy. At 22nd January the reservoirs had recovered well in most regions of the peninsula, although levels were once again faling after a dry start to the year. The total reserve was 55.1% of capacity (mid-October 40%) but only 45.6% (up from 32.3%) of drinking water capacity. The situation has been alleviated by severe rainy weather in the North and West, finally spreading to most areas by December. Yet the situation remains critical in parts of the South East. Reserves, in October at the lowest ever, are now back about average after rainfall in the west filled some river systems to overflowing. However, the Mediterranean coast needs more and the Balearic islands (Mallorca) only had rain for two weeks mid-December. In particular, the Jucar river reservoirs, feeding the Costa Blanca, have just 7.5% of capacity, the Segura (Mar Menor) has 11.7%, Malaga has 18.2% and the upper Tajo area, Spain's largest reservoir system, which could feed many parts of the south and east, has a mere 12.3%, just above the limit for allowing transfers to other regions. This year's orange crop is badly hit by the ban on watering, although some rainfall during the autumn has brought a reprieve to drinking water supplies as it trickles into the Jucar and Segura reservoirs. A transfer of water from the upper Tajo is now again a possibility to help, although winter rain in this area has so far been limited. Should rainfall in the Mediterranean basin bring reserves everywhere above 15%, we are hopeful we will soon be able to drop the water report until next summer. With no rain to speak of again since Christmas, this may be wishful thinking. TechnologyMost of our technology statistics have now been moved to a new page. Here are some of the key headlines:Spanish TV across the world: The Spanish national station TVE has an international service with two channels. TVE Internacional and Canal 24 Horas. TVEI includes the evangelical programme Buenas Noticias TV (which runs on Sundays). Programme: at this link. The menu offers programme (2 days in advance) and technological details. 93.9% of population have mobiles (cell phones) 4.4 million Spaniards have Broadband access El Mundo.es has almost 10 million unique monthly visitors Annual visits for 2006 to P4S 38,750 (about 212,000 hits) Old News archivePast news is not all forgotten by P4S! Such items as can be found on the news pages at the end of every month are being filed in our archives. Your response and concerns are also of interest to us. Don't hesitate to let us know them Finally, more news from the churches is always available at the Protestante Digital site.This week on Protestante Digital: (26th January)Singing from a different song-sheet |