While some areas of Spain has been experiencing devastating downpours recently, an island in the country is suffering from a water shortage.
Parts of Majorca imposed restrictions for tourists and residents alike due to continued dwindling reserves of water. A council on the island is now working on a new campaign warning tourists that “water cannot be wasted in any way”.
People are being urged to adopt “prudence and responsibility” as water could potentially become a “scarce commodity” if not careful.
Palma City Council will soon be launching its fresh campaign about the importance of saving water.
The municipality also reviewed its Emergency Plan which includes the measures that will be adopted in different drought threat levels.
Speaking to local newspaper Majorca Daily Bulletin, a council spokesperson reassured the public that the water supply was still “guaranteed for the entire population” and that no extraordinary measures to restrict consumption were currently planned.
But the council maintained it was necessary to be “prepared” and “stressing the importance of saving water and considering it as a precious commodity that cannot be wasted in any way”.
The lack of rainfall in the Belearic Islands in July saw some parts fall to a critical level.
In the town of Banyalbufar, authorities shut off the water supply between 11pm and 4pm daily.
The large influx of tourists during the summer months in Spain have worsened the problem as visitors are said to use more water than locals.
In recent weeks, the municipalities of Arta and es Pla in Majorca were put on pre-drought alert.
The island of Formentera off of Ibiza was also put under special measures.
The local Balearic authorities are constantly undergoing “rigorous monitoring” with continued warnings to use water resources responsibility.
