Does La Gomera have a Natural Water Source? For Drinking...?

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Does La Gomera have a Natural Water Source? For Drinking...?

Answer 1

There are many springs and permanent streams on the island. The presence of the forest cover on La Gomera plateau causes mist vapour condensation, and helps maintain the island's main water source: the Gomerans have for centuries farmed the lower levels, channelling water for the irrigation of their vines, fruits and vegetables, such as bananas.El Chorro, near the little village called El Cedro, is the only waterfall on La Gomera where there falls water all year round.

Take a look to the water resources at:

http://www.bamjam.net/Canarias/Cedro.htm...

Desalination

The first desalination plant in the Canary Islands was installed in 1964 in the island of Lanzarote (2.300 m3/d). Today the desalination capacity is approximately 315.000 m3/d, representing almost a 2 % of the world desalination capacity but only the 0.028% of the world population. This water coming from desalination plants supplies about 1 million people and almost all tourists visiting the islands. In the case of Lanzarote, the island that most strongly depends on desalination, nearly 99% of the consumed water comes from desalination plants. But this solution to water shortage has a major disadvantage: it is strongly dependent on energy and, therefore, on the amount and price of it. Because of this situation, the Canary Islands have started a last struggle: the industrial production of drinking water from seawater using RES, mainly wind and solar energy.

Answer 2

Normally, you can drink the water without problems ( according to the first answer to yr question ). Some villages do have chlorinated water , so if you have doubt, ask the people where you are staying.