Table 3.

Citizen statements regarding the need for sustainable water use.

C1. «One issue that I think is important is water management. Yes, because of my local climate experience, when a Saharan dust event occurs, there is no rain. This can affect water resources that are already a big problem». (FG held in La Orotava).

C2. «You all should check the energy and water consumption statistics of 15 or 20 years ago so that you know what it is that they [politicians] call sustainable development». (FG held in San Cristóbal de La Laguna).

C3. «We receive millions of tourists a year. My question is: what do we really want for 2040: socioeconomic activity and bring water from other places?» (FG held in La Orotava).

C4. «I have a cistern of 90 m that was made in the year 1805. It fills up in a day of rain. And I water all my plants using the water from the cistern. I do not drink it, of course, I cannot drink it because it is somewhat contaminated, but I water with it. A normal rainy day, with this last rain, I fill a deposit of 90,000 L. Why architects don’t demand, when they build a house, to make a cistern to collect rainwater? It’s such a simple and easy saving. We’re talking about 90,000 L of water». (FG held in La Orotava).

Source: Hernandez et al. (2017).