Villages without water for six days, pool filling blamed
“Excess consumption” blights municipality of Monção The residents of three parishes in the municipality of Monção have experienced the sharpest end of Portugal’s ongoing drought: they were without water for
Quality of Portugal’s waters is deteriorating – ZERO
Nearly 30 beaches have been temporarily ‘off limits’ for e-coli/ bacteria this summer Portugal is barely half way through its busiest summer month, and already 28 beaches have seen ‘do
Secretary of State praises São Brás water conservation measures
“These types of measures are extremely important,” the secretary of state said Portugal’s Secretary of State for the Environment visited São Brás de Alportel on Tuesday, August 1 to learn
“Every drop matters” – wastewater recycling system to supply Zoomarine
The Algarve seeks to consume four times more recycled water by 2026, announced environment minister Duarte Cordeiro who was in the region last Saturday to inaugurate Zoomarine theme park’s new
Águas do Algarve provides recycled water for golf courses
“The search for new water sources is a priority,” says Águas do Algarve president António Eusébio Regional water authority Águas do Algarve has signed an agreement to supply recycled water to
Algarve water usage needs stricter control – researcher
Nuno Loureiro advocates “Big Brother inspections through technology to identify patterns of excessive use” The conservation and efficient use of water should be done with strict inspection measures through technological
Água Monchique launches new 100% recyclable bottle without labels
The new bottle is entirely produced with recycled PET to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030. Aligned with the ambition to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030, Água Monchique launches Monchique Natura.
National “Don’t waste water” campaign begins in Algarve
“An open tap can waste 12 litres of water in just one minute. If each person wastes one minute of water per day in Portugal, that’s 120 million litres of
Desalination to “cover one third of Algarve’s urban water needs”
So says AMAL president António Pina The president of the Algarve Municipalities Association (AMAL) has praised the announcement of Albufeira as the location for the region’s future desalination plant, claiming
Albufeira chosen as location for Algarve desalination plant
Tender is due to be launched by the end of 2023 The Portuguese government has chosen Albufeira as the location for the planned desalination plant in the Algarve, with the