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You have to see how the level of the Sau reservoir, in the Osona region, has risen with the latest rains in Catalonia. It is already almost at 22% of its capacity, double what it was a year ago at this same time.
In La Vanguardia’s Readers’ Photos we can see in these photographs how water seems to once again gain prominence against the dry land. It can be seen around the church of Sant Romà, for example, a great symbol of this reservoir.
Furthermore, the arid landscape of the Sau reservoir has been replaced by a very spring-like one, where green and different colors of flowers, such as poppy red, shine in the sunlight.
Sau is a swamp that, in times of drought, has retained less water, because it has been encouraged to drain into the neighboring Susqueda reservoir (both drink from the Ter).
The Sau reservoir, located in the municipality of Vilanova de Sau, is at the foot of the Guilleries massif. The abysses that surround the swamp are spectacular and are reflected in its waters. Sau is part of a system of three reservoirs, along with those of Susqueda and Pasteral, which unites the regions of Osona and La Selva. Of the three, the last is the one that is best withstanding the consequences of the drought.
