Overview
- Castilla-La Mancha, which filed the administrative lawsuit Tuesday, accuses the Ecological Transition Ministry of ignoring required changes to the Tajo–Segura inter-basin transfer rules that send water from the Tajo to the Segura basin.
- Regional officials say the Ministry failed to deliver the rule update to the National Water Council by February 2024, leaving the process more than two years late.
- The complaint cites a negative water balance on the upper Tajo, alleged irreparable harm in five Natura 2000 sites, a 2025 Supreme Court ruling that orders stricter ecological flows, and 2025 episodes when the Tajo ran at minimum levels in Toledo.
- The Junta warns 2026 transfers could reach about 555 hectometres of water near the 600 legal cap, and it may seek precautionary measures to pause actions once the court admits the case.
- President Emiliano García-Page says repeated noncompliance borders on an ecological crime, Murcia’s PSOE calls his move hypocritical, and the regional government reports months without a meeting or reply from Minister Sara Aagesen.