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The Baells reservoir has been gaining water, but it still needs a lot, as can be seen in the marks of the drought that we see in this photographic report in Las Fotos de los Lectores de La Vanguardia, for example, on the shore or in the pillars of the bridge over the reservoir.
This Berguedà reservoir is still below last year's level at this time, but it is better than other reservoirs. Now it is at 36%, while in 2022 it was at 44% and the average of the last five years is 88%.
Sau and Susqueda are at 29%, while Llosa del Cavall is at 26%. Riudecanyes is dying at 5%, just like Siurana, at a paltry 6%. The best reservoir is Foix (Castellet and la Gornal), at 56%. The average in Catalonia is still only 30%.
In La Baells there is cultural heritage to be seen, such as the monastery of Sant Salvador de la Vedella. Founded in the year 830 by the monks of San Saturnino de Tavernoles, it is the only building left standing of the ancient town flooded during the construction of the swamp.
Actually, you can see the ruins of old houses from one of the three towns that were submerged: Miralles, La Baells and Sant Salvador de la Vedella.
The purpose of this reservoir is to regulate the upper basin of the Llobregat river, supply water to the metropolitan area of Barcelona and produce hydroelectric power.
