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Normality is returning to the Sau reservoir, where, among the ruins of the old town, we can only see the church of Sant Romà; the rest are back under water, after the level of the reservoir has stabilized for a few days around 30%.
It is a moment of calm, which the bird portrayed for Las Fotos de los Lectores de La Vanguardia seems to appreciate while observing the swamp perched on top of a stone, an improvised viewpoint of the landscape.
The truth is that, after the gift of the last rains in May and early June, a turning point seems to have already taken place, with which the entry of water into the reservoirs of the Ter-Llobregat system has slowed down. The water reserves have been indicating for a few days that we have reached the top.
Likewise, the rains have transformed the landscape of Sau. It is no longer that arid place that it had become at the end of winter and beginning of spring, but now you can enjoy an environment that even looks like a garden.
You can see how the water has already reached the cemetery of the old town of Sau, where all the ruins are once again submerged except for the bell tower of the emblematic Romanesque church of Sant Romà.
The Sau reservoir, in the municipality of Vilanova de Sau, at the foot of the Guilleries massif, belongs to the Ter river basin. It is part of a system of three swamps (along with those of Susqueda and Pasteral) that unites the counties of Osona, in the province of Barcelona, and Selva, in the province of Girona.
The reservoir, inaugurated in 1962, covered the town of Sant Romà de Sau, the remains of which, especially the bell tower of the temple, are visible when the dammed water level is low, because in times of drought like the one we have experienced and which It seems to be starting to subside.
