The water restrictions reach one of the great tourist centers of the country. The Malaga City Council has informed this Friday that the water in all the showers scattered along the beaches is going to be cut off. A measure that is part of a package that is intended to raise awareness among citizens about the delicate situation of water reserves and that is adopted in the middle of the high season.
The councilor for the Environmental Sustainability Area, Penélope Gómez, accompanied by the mayor of Beaches, Teresa Porras, has warned that the cuts will be applied “immediately”, although in the case of showers they will be cut progressively because “it will take a series of days to travel the coast”.
Gómez has reassured the public by ensuring that the water supply in homes in Malaga will not be affected and has revealed the creation of a work team to coordinate the measures that involve other municipal areas. This will carry out continuous monitoring and evaluation of the approved decisions, which will be readjusted according to the evolution of the situation..
The Consistory points out that the consumption of beach showers does not reach 0.24% of the total, but has defended the suspension of this service as a way of raising awareness among the population so that they make responsible use of public resources..
On the impact that this specific measure could have in the middle of the tourist season, Teresa Porras specified that “we have a help that is the footbaths, with which, within the subject, we can cry with one eye”. The councilors have explained that the flushing program will not be affected, since groundwater is used. Neither are the ornamental fountains that have a closed water circuit.
Regarding public drinking fountains, it has been decided not to cut off the supply due to the summer period and the high temperatures that are being registered, and because “it only represents 0.057%” of total consumption.
3,000 euros fine for excessive consumption: the drastic decision of the people of Benamargosa
The municipalities of Malaga continue to take measures to try to save water in the face of the persistent drought and, in the case of Benamargosa, the City Council announced this Friday sanctions of up to 3,000 euros for irregular water consumption.
This was announced by its mayor, Salvador Arcas, through a municipal proclamation, in which he warned of the serious shortage of water resources for the supply in the Axarquía region, where this town of barely 1,600 inhabitants is located..
With the aim of guaranteeing the water supply, Benamargosa was forced to carry out supply cuts at night, between 9:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m., until the tanks recover water. Now, a water meter inspection campaign is going to start, for the regularization of home consumption and denunciation of offenders.