39% of the two,090 fountains all through the town are briefly closed Most of the fountains which might be closed are situated in inexperienced areas The metropolis is taken into account one of many European cities with the biggest variety of services of this kind
The Madrid City Council has closed 692 consuming fountains that will have a higher threat of frost because of low temperatures. 39 p.c of the two,090 fountains which might be unfold all through the town are briefly closed because of being extra uncovered to frost. Of the fountains which might be closed, 600 are situated in inexperienced areas and 92 on public roads.
The fountains are checked month-to-month and cleansing, disinfection, checking of the hydraulic system, drainage and all the weather that compose them are carried out. In addition, conditioning work is carried out in those who could current issues of consuming water connection or adaptation to accessibility rules.
Madrid additionally has numerous decorative fountains and is taken into account one of many European cities with the biggest variety of services of this kind, totaling greater than 560, which represents an necessary inventive heritage each for its antiquity and for its historical past, design and illustration of artwork in numerous intervals.
The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) forecasts temperatures within the capital beneath 0 levels Celsius as of Sunday, the twenty second, reaching a minimal of -4 levels within the metropolis subsequent Tuesday, the twenty fourth.