Water

The fate of the Aral Sea in Central Asia, once the fourth largest lake on the planet, today still provides a vivid and frightening reminder of what happens when man

By PAULO SILVESTRE paulo.silvestre@theresidentgroup.com Four Portuguese Navy warships that have fallen into disuse will be sunk to create the country’s first Underwater Museum off the coast of Praia da Rocha.

EXCLUSIVE By PAULO SILVESTRE paulo.silvestre@theresidentgroup.com Residents from several villages in the Silves area have expressed their anger over constant cuts in their water supply and what they say is a

A report by environmental group WWF – World Wide Fund for Nature has shown Portugal to be the sixth worst country in the world in relation to water use and

Rainfall in the Algarve for September and October was more than 50 per cent below the normal average recorded for the last 30 years, causing dams in the region to

By LIZ GRIFFITHS liz.griffiths@mmspublishing.com Irrigation experts have cast doubt on a council’s claim that excessive water bills are due to people using too much water on their gardens. The Algarve

By LIZ GRIFFITHS and ELOISE WALTON liz.griffiths@mmspublishing.com Water bills received by British property owners in the Vale da Telha area in Aljezur have been described as “outrageous”. Some as high

By INÊS LOPES ines.lopes@mmspublishing.com Odelouca dam, in the Silves and Monchique councils, is now ready to conserve water following the closing of its gates by Prime Minister José Sócrates, who

A pioneering Portuguese offshore wave-powered electricity generating project has hit the rocks because the project investors are bankrupt. Launched in September by Minister for the Economy and Innovation, Manuel Pinho,

By ELOÏSE WALTON eloise.walton@algarveresident.com Land owners and tenants of properties that have unlicensed water resources must declare these by May 31 so that they can be legalised or face fines