The president of the municipal water and refuse company Emaya, Llorenç Bauzà, has called for ‘calm’ despite the current state of the Cúber and Gorg Blau reservoirs. Bauzà made this appeal on Monday at a press conference, in response to questions from the media, in which he clarified that ‘if you compare last year’s figures with this year’s, they are practically the same’. According to him, ‘last year they were at 26.9% and currently at 26.3%’ of their capacity.
‘It is true that the figure is low,’ acknowledged the president of Emaya. However, he wanted to call for “calm” because ‘this is a time of year when the rains should come, and we must hope that they do,’ he said, but also, he added, because ‘the water supply to the city is established and guaranteed’.
Furthermore, Bauzà pointed out, ‘the supply from the reservoirs accounts for only 13 per cent of the city’s consumption.’ Therefore, ‘it is true that the image of the reservoirs is often greater than their actual consumption,’ he concluded. Earlier this month, Valldemossa Town Council issued a decree several prohibiting the refilling of swimming pools and the ornamental use of water, the municipality now finds itself in a “critical situation” regarding the supply of drinking water.
According to the council, the cause is a significant drop in the capacity of the wells that supply the town. Added to this is a “notable increase in consumption”, which is “seriously affecting the available water resources”, they state. The mayor, Nadal Torres, also attributes the decline in the two wells to the power failure that struck the town a little over a month ago, “which prevented the cisterns from being filled”, he explains.
He remains hopeful, however, that this weekend’s weather forecasts prove correct and that rain will finally reach Valldemossa. At the end of September, the Town Council reduced water pressure to ensure supply to all homes. However, it warned that “various areas of the village are no longer receiving water, and if the situation does not improve, we will be forced to take other significant measures”. The affected homes are in the upper part of the village.