APA Eases Groundwater-Drilling Ban Across Most Algarve Water Bodies, the Moura-Ficalho Aquifer and the Left Bank of the Tejo-Sado — Faro Plain and Coastal Salt-Intrusion Zones Stay Frozen
The Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente has partially lifted its moratorium on new groundwater drillings (furos de água) across most of the Algarve, the Moura-Ficalho aquifer and the left bank of the Tejo-Sado basin. The Faro Plain subsystem and coastal salt-intrusion prevention zones stay frozen.