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url: https://www.eurocovers.eu/countries/portugal
title: Coberturas Flutuantes em Portugal — EuroCover
description: Coberturas hexagonais flutuantes patenteadas para Portugal: agricultura, viticultura, e gestão de água. Conforme normativas EU.
updated: 2026-05-25
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# Coberturas Flutuantes em Portugal — EuroCover

Coberturas hexagonais flutuantes patenteadas para Portugal: agricultura, viticultura, e gestão de água. Conforme normativas EU.

Portuguese agricultural operators, water utilities, and food and beverage producers in the
Alentejo, Algarve, and Douro regions face accelerating water stress. Hexagonal floating covers
reduce reservoir evaporation by 90–97%, retaining stored capacity for late-season irrigation.

## Portuguese water context

Southern Portugal (Algarve, Alentejo) is one of the EU's most drought-affected regions, with
declining rainfall and increasing summer temperatures driving aquifer stress. Reservoir storage —
especially for irrigation — has become operationally critical.

## Portuguese regulatory landscape

- **Lei da Água (Lei 58/2005)** — Portuguese Water Law.
- **Administrações de Região Hidrográfica (ARH)** — basin-level water authorities.
- **EU Water Framework Directive** transposed into Portuguese law.

## Common Portuguese applications

- **Irrigation reservoirs** in Alentejo and Algarve
- **Vineyard irrigation** in Douro and Alentejo (Port and table wine)
- **Olive grove irrigation** in Trás-os-Montes and Alentejo
- **Municipal water reservoirs** in drought-affected southern regions
- **Food and beverage processing** water management