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Bali's tourism boom deepens water crisis as farmers and residents face shortages
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Bali's tourism boom deepens water crisis as farmers and residents face shortages
Tourism in Bali consumes over 65% of the island's fresh water, exacerbating a water crisis that has caused seawater intrusion in six of nine districts and the loss of more than 6,500 hectares of rice fields in five years.
- Bali lost over 6,500 hectares of rice fields in the past five years, a decline of more than 9%, according to the national land agency.
- The IDEP Foundation declared Bali in water crisis in 2018 and has since found seawater intrusion in at least six of the island's nine districts.
- Farmer I Putu Partayasa said companies take water from the subak system to supply tourism areas, causing springs to dry up.
- Senator Niluh Djelantik called for a moratorium on new hotel construction and enforcement of groundwater extraction rules.
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