Water reserves in the Portuguese municipality of Almada have reached 40%, placing the area in the yellow tier of its monitoring scale and enabling authorities to assess a possible reduction in supply cuts that have affected the region since early July 2026, according to municipal water services data reported on Saturday.
The municipality declared an alert situation after supply failures were reported across Almada, with Costa da Caparica particularly affected. In response, the local council reinforced the network with two new boreholes injecting 120 cubic metres of water per hour into the public system.
The five-level monitoring scale used by Almada's water services classifies reserves between 30% and 50% as yellow, triggering evaluation of cutback measures. Authorities are distributing 1,000-litre water tanks to priority institutions while the situation remains under review.