Natalia Évora stresses the southern desalination plant's key role in securing Fuerteventura's water supply

The Canary Islands Nationalist Group deputy Natalia Évora Soto defended, before a parliamentary commission, the need to keep strengthening Fuerteventura’s water system and to accelerate the launch of the island’s future southern desalination plant.

During her intervention in the Territorial Policy Commission, Évora stressed that this infrastructure must become a reality as soon as possible, underscoring its strategic role in guaranteeing a more balanced water supply across the entire island.

“It has to be a reality in the shortest possible time.”

She explained that the new desalination plant will allow water production to be decentralized, reducing the historic reliance on Puerto del Rosario as the main supply point.

Évora also highlighted that the plant will especially benefit areas that have repeatedly suffered water shortages, including Pájara, La Lajita, Cardón, La Pared, and Las Hermosas.

The deputy praised the collaborative work carried out by the Cabildo of Fuerteventura, the Island Water Council, and the Government of the Canary Islands during the recent water emergency on the island. She recalled that the emergency declaration enabled urgent actions to secure basic water provision for the population.

However, she warned that the crisis exposed the vulnerability of the island’s water system and the need for a long‑term structural planning approach.

Évora clarified that the southern desalination plant is a priority action within the Fuerteventura Island Hydrological Plan and will be located in the Matas Blancas area.

The project will also include regulating reservoirs and water transport networks to reinforce supply in the municipality of Pájara and other southern parts of the island.