Springs always had drinking troughs where herdsmen could bring their cattle when there was a water shortage.

The lack of means of communication was overcome by word of mouth; springs were often close to crossroads, making them a perfect place to get up to date on the latest local happenings.

Wells

Pou de Can Escandell, Eivissa, situated near the Municipal Sports Field. It is roofed by the popular chapel and has a dome with a piked shaft at one end.

Pou des Baladre , San Vicente, situated in a little corner near Sant Vicent church,. A dance used to be organised on 8th August every year here, and the tradition continues.

Pou de Labritja, San Juan, situated below a wall, just after crossing a little road. A dance is organised on the last Sunday before the fiesta of 5th August.

Pou d’ Albarqueta, San Lorenzo, is situated on the border between San Lorenzo and San Miguel. Before the tourist boom, this communal well was used by many locals. On the first Sunday after 5th August a dance is organised here.

Pou de Gatzara, Santa Gertrudis. This is the geographic centre of the island. It is said that originally the well opening faced the road, but as funeral processions passed along this road, the well opening was changed to the other side, due to superstition. Dances are held here on the first Saturday or Sunday of October.

Pou de Forada,San Antonio, is a chapel well (with an open mouth), and a dance is held here on the second Sunday of October. Close by is Pou Bo, declared as Classified Heritage by the Council. The two piked shafts are two former oil mills that have been reused. Pou de Cala Salada, fiestas are held here on 5th and 8th August.

Pou de Micolau, Sant Rafel, a traditional fiesta is organised by this well on the first Sunday of September.

Pou de Cas Ferrer, Sant Antoni, This well dates back to the 18th Century, as seen in maps of the time. It has been declared as Classified Heritage by the Council.

Pou des Rafal, San Agustin. Classified heritage. The first Sunday after 28th August, a local dance is held.

Pou den Benet, San José. This is a quadrangular and very deep well. It has a manufactured masonry rim to stop people and animals falling in. A dance is held here on 25th July each year.

Pou Roig,San Jorge. Situated near Ses salines, a fiesta is held here on the first Sunday after 5th August.

Pou de Na Maciana, This Classified Heritage is one of the most well known wells in San Rafael. The ancient waterway from the 18th Century used to pass close by, taking water from Sant Rafel to the city of Eivissa

Fountains

Font de Balafi San Lorenzo. This has a chapel and stone walled gallery approach. Declared Heritage of Cultural Interest. Its fiesta is on 10th August.

Font de Peralta San Carlos, A dance is held here on 29th June each year. Reports of this fountain date back to 1620. It has a hydraulic device to adjust the flow and a washing place.

Font des Verger San José, Dance 5th August. This fountain refreshed workers at Sant Josep church in the 18th Century.

Font den Xiquet Es Cubells, The dance is held on the Sunday after Santa Teresa's day. There is another fountain near the village, Font des Cubells, where there is an image of the virgin. The fountain resembles a well because the water is quite deep. It has a metal flap to close it.

Font d’ Atzaro San Carlos, The water used to cross a small trough that was used for clothes washing in 1991. Its fiesta is celebrated on 24th June.

Font de Cotella, Santa Getrudis,1732, Some 3000 people gathered together here in 1982 to restart the former fiesta of 10th July.

Font Gelaberta, Sant Josep,This is a very simple fountain and it does not have a chapel. Its fiesta is on 5th August

Font den Curt, Es Cubells, This fountain ran dry years ago which is why it is not so well known. Its fiesta is on 10th July.

Font des Avencs Sant Joan, This is situated on an ancient roadway from Xarraca and Portinatx. Nearby there is a hydraulic device and a carob tree. Many rural families used to donate their carob tree production to the church.

Font Palla (Den Carrero),approximately six kms from San Miguel, near Benirras. Its fiesta is on 29th June.

Font den Cirer , Sant Vicent de sa Cala, This fountain is found at the end of a roadway that is walled at the end of its route. There are many fruit trees around it, and the branches of one such tree has grown over the fountain forming a beautiful natural roof.

Springs

Broll(spring) de Buscatell is situated in the Es Molí de sal restaurant. It is an artesian well. The water that is contained between two waterbearing underground strata finds its way out up to the surface. Its dance is held on the Sunday before 25th July.

Cisterns

DES COLL DES JUNDAL, This significant Cistern was declared as Classified Heritage in 2001, and thus saved from improvement works to widen the Eivissa to Sant José highway.

DE SA RACONADA, Situated in San Carlos, it is noted for its roof, which has a unique finish.

DES CARREGADOR DE SAL, 18th Century, situated in the driest zone of Ibiza, in Ses salines.

CAN SERGENT, situated on the road to Sa Raval de San José, it was used to water the animals. It has an unusual appearance, with a dome situated above the chapel and an “abeurador” (irrigation channel) at the base of the cistern.

DE CAN GIBERT, this is of great value as it contains remains from the late Punic and Roman times. Fragments of ancient paving stones were found in the structure and remains of an oil press were found in the vicinity. It has an “abeurador” (irrigation channel) for animals.

Rainwater wells

CAN CARRERO, this is one of many that can be found in the Ibizan countryside. Formerly a piece of quicklime was thrown in to disinfect the water and to ensure that it could be used for drinking.

SENIES (waterwheels) SEGUIES (irrigation channels) SAFAREIGS (reserves) These three elements formed the foundation of the Pitiusa irrigation economy for centuries. Waterwheels were the principal way of extracting water from wells for vegetable gardening, as seen in the example of Can Marge at San Rafael. Animal traction was used, later to be replaced by mills and subsequently by motorised water pumps.

The irrigation channels were used to distribute water across the farmed land.

Water reserves, where water was stored. Waterwheels came from the East, and were introduced across mainland Spain after the Arab conquest in the 8th Century and in the Pitiusa Islands from the 10th Century onwards. Impermeabilisation of the channels was achieved by making a paste with lime, sand and fragments of broken pottery.