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Deià Enforces Thrice-Weekly Water Cuts to Confront Drought

Truck deliveries now meet 37 percent of Deià’s water demand under a rationing plan that officials call essential to protect underground reserves.

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04 July 2025, Spain, Palma: A worker waters flower pots on the Arenal beach promenade on a warm summer's day. Photo: Clara Margais/dpa (Photo by Clara Margais/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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Overview

  • Deià’s municipality orders water shutoffs every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday until underground reserves recover.
  • The weekly demand in Deià totals about 3.3 million liters, with truck deliveries covering 37 percent of consumption this summer.
  • Luxury hotels such as La Residencia depend on onsite storage tanks and daily tanker shipments to sustain guest water needs.
  • The municipality has not set a timeline for ending rationing, noting measures will remain until aquifers show signs of recovery.
  • Officials in Pla de Mallorca are reviewing emergency-zone declarations to qualify for government-funded tanker water deliveries.