From drought planning to drought management: Administrative and follow-up tasks

ABSTRACT: The implementation of the Special Plan of Alert and Possible Drought of the Júcar River Basin Authority, approved in 2007, has detected the beginning of a new drought episode in the spring of 2014. This article describes the current situation and compares it with the previous historical drought that occurred in 2005-2008. The measures adopted and foreseen to minimise the effects of the current scarcity are detailed.