Another summer of water restrictions feared. | Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter
Palma10/05/2023 15:40
The Balearic Minister for the Environment, Miquel Mir, has predicted possible water restrictions this summer in certain municipalities “because the water situation in the Balearics, as in the rest of the Mediterranean, is compromised.”
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Building De-Salination Plants are expensive. But the need for water on the Island has to be of paramount importance.. So Mallorca should start a major national project to build a De-Salination Plant. Also build a major Irrigation Network to supply water to ALL Mallorcas Agriculture Areas as a matter of top priority. Using All the Tourist Tax Revenues.
We had monumental amounts of snow earlier in February and I recall a piece saying that reservoirs were almost full! It has always been a concern here, but with climate change why aren’t the authorities increasing capacity and improving capture? What happened to all the money made from all those “bumper” years? Clearly there is not good enough capture of the water that the island does receive. The Torrent de Sitges out of Pollença looked more like a river for weeks. No doubt all of that lovely H2O ending up in the sea. There’re storms and plenty rain forecast all this week. Will we still see drought alarms later in the summer? Wrong kind of rain perhaps?
Why don't they ask every tourist if they can bring a liter of water each on their holiday. Lol. Don't look to the sea for any water.