Water resources are under severe pressure in Spain among the different sectors: agriculture, population supply, energy production, industry, tourism and environment. The latest crisis in Mar Menor has only made this situation worse. Competition amid sectors and regions is causing part of the public opinion to question the current role of irrigation.
During one of her meetings with the regional government of Murcia, the minister also recognized that to recover the Mar Menor will require a whole battery of measures in different areas, beyond agriculture. She strongly supports the "protection of the hydraulic public domain".
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