[junetta]

Well, Cashman, I can tell you that we never have water shortages here in Tenerife, even though we only get a few days rain a year down in the south of the island.

I'm reliably informed by 'im indoors that huge tanks are buried up in the mountains and these supply most of the water. The rainfall is greater in the north. There are a couple of desalination centres too.

As for water bills, they amount to a few euros a month. We are told that it is safe to drink but we do buy drinking water seperately which isn't a problem as a lorry delivers to the door and charges 90 cents for an eight litre bottle.

June xx