Etiqueta 'Water reserves'
Palma assessing when desalinated water will have to be bought
Reservoir capacity is well down on what it was this time last year.
Mallorca water reserves were 55% in May
May was wetter than usual, but there is a water deficit nevertheless.
![Map of water reserves in the Balearics](https://uh.gsstatic.es/images/placeholder-preview.webp)
Map of water reserves in the Balearics
The Pla demand unit is on pre-alert for drought. To explain, 'sequera' means drought.
Environment
Majorca is suffering its worst drought for the past ten years
Water reserves are just 44 per cent at a time when the island is breaking all tourism records and demand for water is at an all-time high.
- Emergency declared on Ryanair flight bound for Palma from Dublin
- British tourists will be “tracked” while on holiday in Mallorca
- Mallorca ambassador Sir Bradley Wiggins has “lost” his Mallorca home
- Mallorca restaurants losing clients, tourists tighten their belts
- Mallorca hotelier - "I wouldn't go to a place where I perceived there to be animosity towards tourists"
Comment
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