{"id":25552,"date":"2026-08-14T20:53:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T19:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibcspain.com\/projects\/water-sector-canary-islands-report\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T10:55:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T09:55:54","slug":"water-sector-canary-islands-report","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ibcspain.com\/en\/projects\/water-sector-canary-islands-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Report on the water sector in the Canary Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- cabecera-proyectos --><\/p>\n<style>\n\/* --- cabecera: que se vea la foto --- *\/\nbody.parent-pageid-24812 .custom-title-background .page-title-background-overlay{\n  background:linear-gradient(100deg,rgba(0,20,48,.90) 0%,rgba(0,20,48,.78) 30%,\n             rgba(0,20,48,.34) 58%,rgba(0,20,48,.04) 82%) !important;\n}\nbody.parent-pageid-24812 .custom-title-title{max-width:660px}\nbody.parent-pageid-24812 .custom-title-title h1{font-size:38px;line-height:1.2}<\/p>\n<p>\/* --- texto: acercar la escala de titulos y parrafos --- *\/\nbody.parent-pageid-24812 .block-content p{\n  font-size:17.5px;line-height:1.75;color:#3f4550;margin:0 0 1.15em;\n}\nbody.parent-pageid-24812 .block-content p:first-of-type{\n  font-size:20px;line-height:1.65;color:#22293a;margin-bottom:1.6em;\n}\nbody.parent-pageid-24812 .block-content h2{\n  font-size:27px;line-height:1.3;margin:2.1em 0 .6em;\n}\nbody.parent-pageid-24812 .block-content h2:first-child{margin-top:0}<\/p>\n<p>@media(max-width:1024px){\n  body.parent-pageid-24812 .custom-title-title{max-width:78%}\n  body.parent-pageid-24812 .custom-title-title h1{font-size:32px}\n}\n@media(max-width:767px){\n  body.parent-pageid-24812 .custom-title-background .page-title-background-overlay{\n    background:rgba(0,20,48,.68) !important;\n  }\n  body.parent-pageid-24812 .custom-title-title{max-width:100%}\n  body.parent-pageid-24812 .custom-title-title h1{font-size:26px}\n  body.parent-pageid-24812 .block-content h2{font-size:23px}\n  body.parent-pageid-24812 .block-content p{font-size:16.5px}\n  body.parent-pageid-24812 .block-content p:first-of-type{font-size:18px}\n}\n<\/style>\n<p>A knowledge product on how the Canary Islands solved their water self-sufficiency challenge, and what any region facing the same problem can learn from it.<\/p>\n<h2>The starting point<\/h2>\n<p>Eight islands with very different terrain, continuous population growth since 1960, and an economy resting on tourism and on an agricultural sector that had to innovate in order to survive. The report traces the technological path that made it possible to overcome this.<\/p>\n<h2>What it included<\/h2>\n<p>An analysis of the Canary Island water sector, public and private, a study of the international tender market in water and sanitation, and a database of active World Bank projects. The Inter-American Development Bank reviewed and commented on the document before its final version.<\/p>\n<div style=\"border-top:3px solid #ea7813;margin-top:38px;padding-top:18px\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;font-size:17px;line-height:1.5;color:#3f4550\">Working on something similar? 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