Majorca has been facing a prolonged water crisis. However, the situation has worsened recently to the point where certain areas are at risk of running out of water in just two weeks.
Palma, the island’s capital, is currently monitoring the water levels at two of Majorca’s main reservoirs. Rural parts of the island have already been hit with restrictions and bans on the use of hosepipes. But now, officials in Soller, a popular and picturesque town, warn that the water supply will only last for two more weeks if there is not enough rain to top up the area’s water sources.
Last Friday (September 29), Soller Town Council made an official announcement, prohibiting non-essential water use and urging the population to take extreme water-saving measures. While yesterday (September 1), the council held another meeting with Joan Calaft, Director General of Water Resources, to analyse the situation reports Majorca Daily Bulletin.
Mayor Miquel Nadal said: “The situation is very worrying and if it does not rain in the next 10 days, more severe restrictions than those currently in force will have to be applied.”
If the council has to impose water cuts, it will be the first time this has happened since September 2000.
According to the Mayor, daily consumption is rising and “higher than what can be extracted from” the two water sources of Ses Fontanelles and Sa Costera.
Soller is also home to two backup springs, s’Olla and s’Ullet. However, they cannot be counted to cover Soller’s water shortfall.
The concerns go beyond the resort town, as reservoirs in the Serra de Tramuntana mountains are also showing worrying figures, likely due to the lack of significant rainfall across Majorca.
Capacities of the Gorg Blau and Cuber reservoirs have fallen to less than a third of their total capacity, highlighting the severity of the case, and it is worse because in the space of a month, the figures have fallen by nearly 8%.
With no significant rainfall forecasted for Majorca in the short term, all water supply zones across the island are on pre-alert except for the southern Tramuntana area.
This story originally appeared on Express.co.uk
