Barbados is not yet considering water restrictions despite below-average rainfall forecasts and months of supply problems, Minister of Home Affairs and Information Gregory Nicholls said on Monday, as authorities monitor declining reservoir levels and ongoing outages.

He said: “It is part of the climate change reality that we are dealing with, where we see reduced rainfall, and therefore water shortages will happen inevitably at the stage of water prohibitions. We are not there yet, but we are looking at the data, we’re looking at the systems at the Barbados Water Authority.”

His comments came amid recurring water outages and supply complaints in several communities.