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If it doesn't rain soon we will see the Sant Romà de Sau bridge. Personally, I think that, one more week with this drought, and we will see, just how the swamp looks now, which I have portrayed in this series of photographs for La Vanguardia's Readers' Photos.
The origins of Sant Romà de Sau take us back to the 10th century. At that time, although it was a small town, it had a few farmhouses, a few houses, a mill, and a Romanesque church. From the end of the 14th century it had a bridge, with five arches, which was the most notable of those that crossed the River Ter.
After the houses of the old town, the cemetery, the church or the mill were revealed, the question that visitors who come to the reservoir ask themselves these days is, will the bridge be the next thing that can be seen if it continues to lose water flow the swamp?
The Sau reservoir, inaugurated in 1962, covered the town of Sant Romà de Sau, the remains of which are visible when the level of the dammed water is low. But, normally, what was seen was the church bell tower, but not practically all the remains of the old town, as is happening now.
This reservoir is part of a system of three reservoirs (along with those of Susqueda and Pasteral) that joins the regions of Osona, in the province of Barcelona, and La Selva, in the province of Girona. And now, it is at 4.26% of its capacity, almost touching 3%, which would be another historical minimum.
