How does Barbados obtain most of its domestic water supply?

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Barbados obtains the majority of its domestic water supply from underground streams. Because the island lacks significant rivers or lakes, rainwater quickly percolates through the island's underlying coralline limestone cap to feed these subterranean sources. To supplement this supply, the country also utilizes a desalination plant.1