The Generalitat prohibits buying water to fill hotel pools. The sector had studied the possibility of bringing water from France.
“It doesn't matter the origin, it is not allowed” said Samuel Reyes, director of the Catalan Water Agency. The measure came into force in November 2022, when Catalonia decreed the first scenario of the Special Drought Plan (PES) to address the water crisis. In the current emergency phase, activated since last February 1 in 239 municipalities - 80% of the population of Catalonia - the total or partial filling of any type of swimming pool is prohibited.