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Barcelona relies on water by ship to slake its thirst amid drought - Times Online
Barcelona received its first seaborne shipment of drinking water yesterday, part of an unprecedented emergency plan to tackle the city’s worst drought in decades.
The tanker carrying five million gallons (23 million litres) of water from nearby Tarragona is just the first to help to alleviate the growing shortages in one of Spain’s top tourist destinations, which has already resulted in hosepipes being banned and many fountains turned off.
Things aren’t that bad here but I used the last of the water in the water butt this evening and, this year, I’m not growing as much as I usually do.
Luckily the weather is turning and there is rain in the air …
