Cala Llonga And Jesus Water Reserves Drop By Half In The Balearic government has issued data stating that as a One Month Aquifers (underground water reservoirs) dropped to result of the island’s drought conditions Ibiza’s water re- 24% of their capacity, the lowest level this century. serves have fallen in June to 24% of capacity, the lowest Population pressure and low rainfall blamed as cause. (Continued on page 3) The Ibizan, Thursday 21st July 2016, Issue 836 also online at theibizan.com Page 2 Agenda Tennis for Kids San Antonio Viva Tennis in San Antonio are running tennis summer schools for children throughout the school holidays. Weather Visiónica, Viva Bodd Tom told us “At the moment we are running 1 group of 10 to 13 year olds. We are hoping to intro- Thursday 28o Festival Of duce another younger group shortly (6 to 9 year olds). Times are 09:30 arrival to 13:30 pick up. We include at Art And Au- least 2 to 3 hours of tennis training per day, plus playing in pool, ping pong, physical coordination etc. Price is diovisual Dance Extravaganza 2016 €280/month or €75 per week.” Cala Llonga Beachfront For more information https://www.facebook.com/vivatennisibiza/ Creation Brian Whetton Ibiza Town Next Monday, 25th July, Viva Cala Llonga, in conjunct Friday 28º El Hotel Pacha is to host the 12th annual Visiónica festival tion with Vecinos de Cala Llonga, will be staging their Cinema between the 25th and 27th of annual Dance Extravaganza on the beach in front of Res- Santa Eulalia July. It is the first time Ibiza has been chosen to hold the event, taurant Del Mar and Cafeteria Del Mar. Starting at 8pm Showing at Teatroespana Sta Eulalia Fri 22nd - Sun which has as its 2016 theme with an exhibition of Traditional Country Dancing by a 24th July 19-00hrs Money Monster. (2016. Crime Dra- "Human /Bionic Art". Organisers say they are dance group from Puig den Vals. ma. 1hr 38mins. PG 15.) Financial TV host Lee Gates questioning what it means to and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation be human today, where will Then at 9pm Capricon Dance Studio take to the stage o Saturday 27 humanity be in 100 years, and performing some of their award winning routines. when an irate investor takes over their studio. Stars: whether we should continue to George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O'Connell modify our bodies and minds in At 10pm there will be a Fire Juggling show from Ogio. line with technological The evening will then carry on with DJs Doctor development? Location: El Hotel Pacha - Paseo Maritimo Feelgood and Phil Much Better. S / N - Ibiza This event is always a spectacle not to be missed, a night Day by Day… of dancing on the beach, under the stars, what more Also see articles on this page and throughout the Reggae could you ask for? newspaper. Sunday 27º There is ample FREE PARKING in the village, just Ongoing follow the P's. Viva Cala Llonga. Festival 16th July to 16th August Bloop Arts Festival, San Antonio San Carlos, Thursday 21st See the advert or for more information, & Ibiza Town https://www.facebook.com/bloopfestival July from 21:00 www.vivacalallonga.com Thursday at Las Dalias is the Day by day continues on the back page time and place for this year’s festival of reggae later this month. They told us it will be a big one. Monday 27º “This year we are pleased to present one of the greatest reggae artists currently making authentic Jamaican music. For the first time in Ibiza, we bring you the Legend Alborosie with his band the Shengen Clan. We will also welcome back the godfather of the Ibiza Reggae Festival, Earl Gateshead who will once again give us a magi- Tuesday 28º cal lesson in culture, history and amazing music on the decks! “Also included is the up-and- coming band Serranitos Tropi- cales from Huelva… A promis- ing group which is not to be missed! “And, to top it all off, some of our best homegrown DJs and o soundsystems of the island will Wednesday 28 keep the music going through the night including: Antuan Roots, Hoppy Dread, English- man, Rastafairy, Wisdom Sound System and the Noite Zulu Crew. The Ibizan, Thursday 21st July 2016, Issue 836 also online at theibizan.com Page 3 News (Continued from page 1) figure recorded this century. The sharpest declines were reported in Cala Llonga and Jesus where aquifers have reduced their volume by half between May and June. Cala Llonga’s has fallen from 34% to 16% and Jesus from 45% to 21%. Ibiza has the worst water reserve figures in the Balear- ics. Menorca has 59% capacity, Majorca 47%, Formen- tera 42% and Ibiza falls well behind at just 24% a reduc- tion of 7% from less than a year ago. In terms of localised reserves in Ibiza, Cala Llonga sits at the bottom with 16% then Roco Llisa with 19%, Jesus 21%, and San Agustin at 22%. The worst figure recorded was in August 2015 when Another reason could be down to this year's Easter holidays Coastal Clean Up Collects falling in March, while last year they were in April, which Cala Llonga’s reserves dropped to just 8% . could have also increased the volume of the collection. How- ever, the month that recorded the highest growth was in The director general of water resources Juana Maria 100kg Of Waste Per Day February, so the plan is to continue to maintain this line. Garau, has highlighted the issue of population pressure In the month of June alone, 33 cleaning boats have collected There is also the implementation of the Green Line, a new 18 tonnes of waste, a decrease of 17%. system for the management of public incidents where you as having a significant impact alongside the natural Of the waste collected in the shoreline clean up, the predom- can alert the local council that the containers are full using drought. “We must take into account the number of ar- inant material was plastics comprising nearly half of that your mobile phone through an app. collected 46.4 % followed by wood 25.5% and vegetation News Continues On Page 6 riving tourists and hotel occupancy which has been high 15.8%. Ibiza’s clean-up boats are part of a Balearic wide fleet which up in the first seasonal months this year than in previous is unique in the Mediterranean. The project requires an in- seasons. Garau went on to warn of long term issues. vestment of 1 million euros per year to maintain 33 vessels from June to September. “When the desalination plant in Santa Eulalia becomes operational, it will give us some breathing space but the increase in the rate of population will soon overtake the benefit of the water it supplies.” Despite the gloomy outlook, Garau denied that the gov- ernment response was insufficient in light of the water crisis, stating that there had been improvements in San Jose which has the highest level of water supply loss and is undergoing considerable pipeline replacement. It was also stated that Ibiza is now in an official “state of ex- traordinary drought” requiring urgent measures be put into place to curb the overuse of water and recover the Recycling Up 57% In San Jose aquifers of the island. The separate collection of recycled waste has grown 57% in Did you know we are currently in a ‘state of extraordinary San Jose during the first quarter of this year compared to the same period of 2015. The increase in the number of contain- drought’? ers for recycling has risen from 130 to 244 and the increased frequency of collections are the main reasons that have led What measures are you aware of that restrict your water to this growth, which began with the launch of the new re- usage at home or work? fuse contract. The biggest area of improvement during the first quarter are For more information on the issue of Ibiza’s underground the blue bins (paper), with an increase of 62.06%. In the case aquifers and the threat faced by their depleted levels see of the yellow bins (containers) there has been a rise of 52.35% over the same period last year. Finally, the collection our full report here. of the green bins (glass) has increased by 54.13%. http://theibizan.com/nightandday/ This increase is attributable not only to the installation of cultureandnature/nature/ibizas-water-crisis/ more containers with a greater capacity, but also the fre- quency of collections. Yellow bins have gone from 3 to 4 times a week, blue bin collection has increased from 2 to 4 times a week, and green bins from 1 to 2 times a week. The Ibizan, Thursday 21st July 2016, Issue 836 also online at theibizan.com Page 4 Jacaranda the crystal clear pool. 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