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Speaking at a meeting in Vilamoura, Nuno Lacasta, president of the Portuguese Environment Agency (APA), said “in the last 50 years, the consumption of water in the Algarve region has multiplied ten-fold”.
50% reduction in available water from 2050
The Algarve is set to suffer a 50 percent reduction in available water the second half of this century, according to predictions by the Portuguese Environment Agency (APA).
By TPN/Lusa, in Algarve · 08 Dec 2021, 08:00 · 2 Comments
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Will this possibly mean less dinky, useless swimming pools (which only serve to increase housing price with no real value) and better construction instead? It is understandable how villas with pools sell well, but for the majority of residents, perhaps better public pools and better housing would be wiser than those cements jungles with a tiny pool (which is never big enough for real lap swimming). As always, there seems to be little forward planning; all the focus is short term and little concern for the environment.
By K from Algarve on 08 Dec 2021, 11:30
Why allow this increase to continue growing? Tourism complexes are growing out if hand and so is farming.
By Wiklund Jan from Algarve on 08 Dec 2021, 15:31