In a statement, the municipality said it was "developing an environmental promotion campaign focusing on water saving". "Due to the extreme drought in this region, the municipality will also implement actions and works to mitigate and reduce water consumption in municipal services," it added.

Through social networks, since July and until the end of this month, the campaign "5 Tips to Reduce your Water Bill" is being developed, with five proposals to reduce water consumption at home, in outdoor spaces and in agriculture.

Residents will now receive, along with their water bill, an awareness-raising leaflet on the subject, and the campaign will end with workshops for primary school pupils during the first three weeks of school. But in addition to raising awareness, the town hall explained that it will be putting "highly water-efficient equipment in municipal buildings, to reduce consumption by 50 percent". In this first phase, it is "carrying out a survey of equipment needs in the Town Hall and the sports pavilion".

The irrigation of the municipality's green spaces, also due to the drought, "is being carried out, since the beginning of this week, exclusively to ensure the survival of the species, leaving the vegetation less exuberant, but without compromising its preservation," the municipality said.

In addition, together with Águas do Vale do Tejo, the company responsible for the high-water supply, the municipality said it was developing "processes with the Portuguese Environment Agency for requests to reuse treated wastewater from the WWTP for cleaning and unblocking the sewage network and for washing vehicles."

The reduction in more than 50 percent of water consumption in outdoor municipal swimming pools, "through the use of treatment and filtration systems in the pools, but also in the foot-washers with maintenance work and reduction of opening valves, which will save more than 70% of the water currently wasted", is another project pointed out.

"With this action, the municipality expects to save over seven million litres of water per year in municipal outdoor pools and 300 million litres of water in foot-washing each bathing season," he specified.