Following announcements by Arta, Banyalbufar and Estellencs over the past couple of weeks, Bunyola town hall is limiting daily consumption to 200 litres per person.
On Friday, the mayor, Joan Riera, said that reserves were at ten per cent of their capacity. Last week, supply was cut off to some parts of Bunyola for a few days in order to allow municipal water tanks to fill. Some properties had been using excessive amounts of water; they have continued to since supply was fully restored.
There are also restrictions on use - watering gardens, filling pools, cleaning cars or terraces. The town hall hopes for "maximum citizen cooperation". If there isn't, the mayor warns, "even more restrictive measures will have to be taken".
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Marvin Le MartianI have been advocating your comments for some time. Sadly nothing has been achieved. The Winter has had very little rain. So I expect more restrictions will be made during this Summer.
Whilst other stories grab the headlines and generate much debate, this is by far the most worrying news for Mallorca. Summer is just upon us and restrictions are already in place. There should be no greater political priority than investing in improving capture, increasing capacity, improving distribution, developing more desalination plants and reducing wastefulness. Spend all the tourist tax on it. If the taps run dry we are all going to suffer.