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The drought continues to affect the Montseny reservoir, built in 1920 to generate electricity for a luxury hotel, although natural life continues its course and is splendid with the vegetation and insects in full activity.
This reservoir owes its name to the stream on which it is built, that of Santa Fe, a tributary of the Tordera river, and belongs to the municipality of Fogàs de Monclús, in Vallès Oriental.
However, the reservoir drinks from various streams such as Passavets or Gualba, although this summer not much water has yet flowed down these streams in the absence of more rain.
The history of this reservoir dates back to the beginning of the 20th century when the Barcelona businessman and publisher Ramón Montaner bought the valley of Santa Fe.
His goal was to build a luxury hotel and, since there was no electricity, he had a dam built. Finally, it was necessary to build the reservoir, in 1935.
