The film was presented this Thursday, September 10, at the Centro de Historias de Zaragoza.
1926 – 2026
1926 – 2026
The film was presented this Thursday, September 10, at the Centro de Historias de Zaragoza.
10/09/2026
The Confederación Hidrográfica del Ebro (CHE) has premiered Por la cuenca del Ebro, a documentary produced for its Centennial. The event took place this Thursday, September 10, at 7:00 PM, at the Centro de Historias de Zaragoza.
Chema Paraled, director of the television program Tempero and host of the documentary, presented the event accompanied by journalist Antón Castro and the CHE Water Commissioner, Miriam Pardos. Following the screening, a discussion was held, and the President of the CHE, Carlos Arrazola, delivered some closing remarks.
Por la cuenca del Ebro offers a journey through the Confederation’s hundred-year history, from the ideas that gave rise to the principle of basin unity to the current challenges of water management. The 40-minute documentary includes previously unreleased historical images, recovered from the CHE archive, testimonies from experts across diverse disciplines, and new recordings made throughout the basin. The film reflects the evolution over an entire century of interaction with rivers, and how each era has addressed its water-related needs: from regulation, irrigation, or energy generation to quality, environmental protection, and river restoration.
A film about water, but also about the territory and its people, culture, science, landscape transformation, and the need to continue building through social participation.
The documentary Por la cuenca del Ebro is part of the Centennial program and joins the outreach initiatives promoted by the Confederation to bring its public service activities, its hundred-year history, and the current state of water management in the Ebro basin closer to the public.
The Confederación Hidrográfica del Ebro (CHE) is an inter-community basin authority, attached to the Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico. Its functions include the construction and maintenance of infrastructures (dams and canals), maintenance and management of the agency’s assets, hydrological planning, administration of the public water domain, and coordination with sectors linked to its various uses and with administrations, with the aim of ensuring sustainable management in the Ebro basin, the largest in Spain. Since its creation, it has worked to balance technical management with environmental protection and public interest with territorial dialogue.
The Confederación Hidrográfica del Ebro (CHE) was established under the name Confederación Sindical Hidrográfica del Ebro, created on March 5, 1926, and made official the following day in the Gaceta de Madrid. That project, in which engineer Manuel Lorenzo Pardo played a decisive role, introduced to Spain the idea of managing water under the principle of basin unity, transcending administrative boundaries and advocating for comprehensive planning. A century later, its centenary offers the opportunity to revisit that origin and bring the evolution of water management in the Ebro closer to the public. The commemorative program invites people to learn about this legacy and participate in it.