Engineers warn about the lack of maintenance of Spanish dams demanding their conservation

Spanish engineers have raised their voices to defend the Spanish hydraulic heritage by asking for the need to conserve and maintain the dams to ensure proper water management and that they are a fundamental part of renewable energy generation.This petition has been launched on the occasion of a very interesting and full day, entitled Saving the Spanish Hydraulic Heritage, which was held this Thursday at the Spanish Institute of Engineering.Exper…

More than 100 Spanish and Latin American engineers ask in a manifesto, which will soon be published, for a general moratorium on the demolition of hydraulic infrastructure until an "exhaustive" study is carried out on its environmental, social and economic impact. In their opinion, its elimination must be based on "technical and scientific criteria, not ideological prejudices." This has been advanced by the president of the Water, Food and Susta…