Algarve registers highest water consumption per inhabitant

The Algarve registered the highest water consumption per inhabitant in 2019.

in News, Algarve, Environment · 22 May 2021, 16:00 · 5 Comments

On average, each inhabitant in the region consumed just under 138,000 m3 (137,612.6 m3) of water at home that year.

According to data from PORDATA, Algarve cities occupied seven of the top ten cities in Portugal with the highest water consumption, with Aljezur placed first in the ranking.

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Comments

Do you think that only inhatitants consume water.
Or maybe the tourists also !!

So to divide the total consumtpion with naumber of inhabitans is wrong.

By Gustav from Algarve on 22 May 2021, 16:30

That would be the golf courses, avocado plantations and hotels then.

By Ian from Algarve on 23 May 2021, 11:22

That's a lot of showers. Still, I wonder if the many golfcourses and the avocado and other plantations are skewing the numbers.

By H from Algarve on 23 May 2021, 14:53

The capacity of a typical bathtub is 0.160 cubic meters.
How is it possible to consume 138000 cubic meters of water at home in a year?
Average water consumption per person, per year should be around 45 to 50 cubic meters.

By Joachim from Algarve on 24 May 2021, 12:25

The 138,000 figure is plainly wrong and whoever wrote the article doesn't understand numbers.

My guess is that it's 138 m3 per person per year, which is close to our consumption for 3 persons, pool and some irrigation.

By Michael Pass from Algarve on 26 May 2021, 08:30