The water for Lanzarote
With an average rainfall of 120mm, the island of Lanzarote is considered dry and arid.
Despite the lack of rain Lanzarote became - along with Fuerteventura - the burn of the Canary Islands. The cereal fields occupied a large part of the land and Lanzarote could to export them to the other islands, to produce the gofio and to supply its entire population.
There were several attempts to search for natural aquifers and many works were attempted to supply water to an entire island.
How to get water
It is true that since the beginning of the 60s of the last century, Lanzarote has had a desalination plant to supply its water. But before, starting in the 1940s, attempts were made to create a natural water channeling network. It was when the galleries in Famara or the wells in Montaña Blanca began to be built. All works that had no results because the amount of water was never enough.
