The role of desalination in water management in Southeast Spain
Empreu sempre aquest identificador per citar o enllaçar aquest ítem
http://hdl.handle.net/10045/62947
Títol: | The role of desalination in water management in Southeast Spain |
---|---|
Autors: | Hernández-Sánchez, Juan Carlos | Boluda Botella, Nuria | Sánchez-Lizaso, José Luis |
Grups d'investigació o GITE: | Recursos Hídricos y Desarrollo Sostenible | Equilibrio entre Fases | Biología Marina |
Centre, Departament o Servei: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ingeniería Química | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias del Mar y Biología Aplicada | Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Universitario del Agua y las Ciencias Ambientales |
Paraules clau: | Water resource diversification | Desalination | Mancomunidad de los Canales del Taibilla | Water supply | Mediterranean Region |
Àrees de coneixement: | Ingeniería Química | Zoología |
Data de publicació: | 9-de febrer-2017 |
Editor: | Desalination Publications |
Citació bibliogràfica: | Desalination and Water Treatment. 2017, 76: 71-76. doi:10.5004/dwt.2017.20657 |
Resum: | The aim of this paper is to evaluate the importance of seawater desalination to the supply of fresh water to SE Spain, in order to tackle the problem of the shortage of water resources. The Mancomunidad de los Canales del Taibilla (MCT) supplies water to a population of more than 2,400,000 inhabitants in SE Spain. Resources managed by the MCT include the Taibilla river basin, water from the Tajo-Segura transfer, other unusual occasional groundwater contributions and from 2003, sea water desalination. Four desalination plants: Alicante I and II and San Pedro del Pinatar I and II together with resources from other desalination plants provide a significant amount of resources. For a decade (2004-2013) the resources coming from sea water desalination averaged 20.2% of all the resources used by MCT, with 432 Mm3 of total production in the period studied. However, the yearly contribution of desalination has changed depending on the availability of other resources. Moreover, seawater desalination has been essential to ensure water supply in the Alicante and Murcia areas. This resource has been important in periods of shortage, but also in unusual exploitation situations, such as that of the post-transfer tunnel detachment, which was classified as the most important breakdown of this infrastructure within its long lifetime. Moreover, scenarios of future climate changes could increase demands for water supply. |
Patrocinadors: | Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Spanish government), for the financial aid with Project CTM2013-46669-R. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/62947 |
ISSN: | 1944-3994 (Print) | 1944-3986 (Online) |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipus: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Drets: | © Desalination Publications |
Revisió científica: | si |
Enllaç a OCW-UA: | http://dx.doi.org/10.5004/dwt.2017.20657 |
Apareix a la col·lecció: | INV - BM - Artículos Científicos / Scientific Papers INV - Recursos Hídricos y Desarrollo Sostenible - Artículos de Revistas INV - EQF - Artículos de Revistas |
Arxius per aquest ítem:
Arxiu | Descripció | Tamany | Format | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Final_Hernandez_Boluda_Sanchez_Lizaso_THE_ROLE_OF_DESALINATION_SE_SPAIN.pdf | Preprint (acceso abierto) | 1,12 MB | Adobe PDF | Obrir Vista prèvia |
Tots els documents dipositats a RUA estan protegits per drets d'autors. Alguns drets reservats.