Desalination for securing water productivity in an intensively used coastal aquifer (Campo de Dalías, Spain)

Dumont, Aurélien; López-Gunn, Elena; González, E.; Llamas, M. Ramón

doi:10.5194/piahs-366-157-2015

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“…This plant uses an inverse osmosis process and also features a second phase of inverse osmosis to reduce the boron concentration to below 0.5 mg/L, for possible use in irrigation. Once desalinated, the water is pumped to a storage tank located 310 m above sea level, from where it is then distributed by gravity throughout the entire Campo de Dalias plain [47]. The resulting brine from the osmosis process is evacuated through a 2 km-long outlet into the sea.…”

Section: Desalination and Wastewater Reusementioning

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Groundwater Sustainability Strategies in the Sierra de Gador-Campo de Dalias System, Southeast Spain

Pulido−Bosch

Vallejos

Sola

et al. 2020

Water

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Maintaining sustainable development in semi-arid regions is a complex task due to scarce precipitation, with notable temporal and spatial variations that complicate planning and proper management of water resources. Most of the water extractions from the aquifers in southeast Spain are carried out to supply a growing agricultural sector and increasingly successful tourism, which is the case of the Sierra de Gador-Campo de Dalias system. Savings, reutilization and awareness among water users are essential elements in any sustainable water policy. Some of the possible solutions proposed that offer low environmental impacts include certain infrastructure works, such as dams, ditches or recharge in gravel pits. Also, desalinization plants constitute a technical alternative in theory but involve high costs. The integration of all these resources, together with their proper management, is necessary to ensure the future water supply and economic growth in the region, safeguarding the state of its aquifers that are currently intensely overexploited.

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Section: Desalination and Wastewater Reusementioning

confidence: 99%

Groundwater Sustainability Strategies in the Sierra de Gador-Campo de Dalias System, Southeast Spain

Pulido−Bosch

Vallejos

Sola

et al. 2020

Water

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Can agricultural groundwater economies collapse? An inquiry into the pathways of four groundwater economies under threat

Petit

Kuper

López-Gunn³

et al. 2017

Hydrogeol J

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The aim of this paper is to investigate the notion of collapse of agricultural groundwater economies using the adaptive-cycle analytical framework. This framework was applied to four case studies in southern Europe and North Africa to question and discuss the dynamics of agricultural groundwater economies. In two case studies (Saiss in Morocco and Clain basin in France), the imminent physical or socio-economic collapse was a major concern for stakeholders and the early signs of collapse led to re-organization of the groundwater economy. In the other two cases (Biskra in Algeria and Almeria in Spain), collapse was either not yet a concern or had been temporarily resolved through increased efficiency and access to additional water resources. This comparative analysis shows the importance of taking the early signs of collapse into account. These signs can be either related to resource depletion or to environmental and socio-economic impacts. Beyond these four case studies, the large number of groundwater economies under threat in (semi-)arid areas should present a warning regarding their possible collapse. Collapse can have severe and irreversible consequences in some cases, but it can also mean new opportunities and changes. (Résumé d'auteur

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Feasibility of investment in Blue Growth multiple-use of space and multi-use platform projects; results of a novel assessment approach and case studies

Dalton

Bardócz

Blanch³

et al. 2019

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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Desalination for securing water productivity in an intensively used coastal aquifer (Campo de Dalías, Spain)

Cited by 3 publications

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Groundwater Sustainability Strategies in the Sierra de Gador-Campo de Dalias System, Southeast Spain

Groundwater Sustainability Strategies in the Sierra de Gador-Campo de Dalias System, Southeast Spain

Can agricultural groundwater economies collapse? An inquiry into the pathways of four groundwater economies under threat

Feasibility of investment in Blue Growth multiple-use of space and multi-use platform projects; results of a novel assessment approach and case studies

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