Imbalela ethe kwiinyanga ezidlulileyo ibangele ukuba inqanaba lamachibi amaninzi eSpain lihle. Ingakumbi iRiojan Mansilla reservoir, ekwinqanaba elisezantsi kunangaphambili. Nge-14,7% kuphela yesikhundla sayo, eli chibi lafihla ngasemva kwamanzi alo idolophu encinci efakwe emanzini ukusukela ngo-1960.
Okwangoku, ngenxa yembalela kunye namanqanaba asezantsi amanzi, abantu baseMansillan bayakwazi ukuhamba ngedolophu esele ivele. Imbalela inokubangela umonakalo kumadama njengoko sibona.
Imbalela nokuphela kwamadama
Ngokwesiqhelo, abemi baseMansilla de la Sierra bahlamba rhoqo ehlotyeni echibini lokunceda ukulwa namaqondo aphezulu obushushu. Nangona kunjalo, imbalela ayikuvumeli ukuhlamba ngokuzonwabisa kulo nyaka, kodwa inike iindwendwe zayo uhambo olunomdla kwizitrato zedolophu yakudala esezintabeni.
Idolophu ethe "yafunyanwa" ngokurhoxiswa kwamanzi echibini yayinabemi abangama-600 kwaye yayiyintloko yommandla, xa kuthelekiswa nama-71 abhaliswe ngoku.
Ukuwa kwekhephu ebusika obudlulileyo kunye nokungabikho kwemvula kwiinyanga ezidlulileyo kuzise inqanaba lamanzi kwinqanaba lembali, ke kule nyanga ungayibona yonke idolophu, kwaye uhambe kwizitalato zayo kunye nezikwere ngaphandle kobunzima.
Phambi kokwakha idama
Bonke abemi baseMansilla de la Sierra abangaphezulu kweminyaka engama-60 babenakho ukuyazi yonke le dolophu. Ukujongana nesigqibo sokwakha idama lokunkcenkceshela kunye nonikezelo lwamanzi, abantu baseMansillan kuye kwafuneka bashiye idolophu ukuze bakwazi ukuwasebenzisa onke loo manzi.
Abantu abadala baseMansillan bahamba ngezitrato zedolophu yabo ngovuyo kwaye baxelela abazukulwana babo ukuba ziphi na izindlu zabo kwaye bazula zula zulazula.
Nangona oku kungabonakala njengesiganeko esihle, jonga ubuzaza bomcimbi kwaye kuthetha ntoni oku: imbalela ongazange uyibone ngaphambili. Ngamanye amagama, ichibi elinomthamo we-14% yazo, ngokuqinisekileyo, ayizizo zonke izinto ezinokusetyenziswa, ngenxa yembalela ende neyoyikisayo.