Water on Lanzarote is not a natural resource, it is a manufactured one. With no rivers, lakes, or aquifers, every single litre used on the island begins its life in the Atlantic Ocean before being desalinated at significant cost. We, at Canary Detect, are consistently reminding property owners, “Lanzarote doesn’t collect its water. It manufactures it. Every litre wasted here had to be made first.”