Algarve water policy challenged following desalination embargo

Environmental campaigners and Albufeira City Council have challenged major water infrastructure projects in the Algarve, including a construction embargo on the planned desalination plant in Praia da Falésia. PAS argues that public funds should instead target the roughly 27% leakage rate in urban networks and wastewater reuse, warning that desalination could increase consumer water bills across the public supply system.