The organization is studying ways to limit water consumption in the port bases of the participating teams in Barcelona. ACE, the organizing entity, sent a letter to all teams on February 2, one day after the Generalitat decreed emergency phase 1.

Despite calling for savings measures, the organization has not yet established a maximum water per team. Most teams already took action before the organization ordered the installation of recycling systems. Alinghi Red Bull Racing installed a desalination plant capable of making 15,000 liters of salt water per day pumped directly from the sea.