More cash and jobs per illegal drop? The legal and illegal water footprint of the Western Mancha Aquifer (Spain)

Novo, Paula; Dumont, Aurélien; Willaarts, Bárbara; López-Gunn, Elena

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2015.04.013

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“…Consequently, an understanding of the impacts of agricultural/food security and macro policies at the farm level can help to better formulate virtual water policies. Novo et al (2015) explored existing barriers and the government's reluctance to take action to halt illegal groundwater use and adopt a Nexus approach to conciliate agricultural and environmental water use in the Upper Guadiana Region of Portugal and Spain. Their study showed that the largest share of the agricultural water footprint in the area is due to illegal groundwater use, which is contributing to unbalance the aquifer dynamics and causing large environmental trade-offs in a nearby wetland.…”

Section: Wef Nexus Opportunities In the Mediterranean Regionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Can the Implementation of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Support Economic Growth in the Mediterranean Region? The Current Status and the Way Forward

Markantonis

Reynaud

Karabulut

et al. 2019

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Water resources is a crucial environmental good for the function of the human societies and the ecosystems. Moreover, water is an important input for the economy and an indispensable factor for economic growth. Especially in regions that are facing water scarcity, the adoption of water management policies and approaches fostering the sustainable use of resources while promoting economic growth becomes an emerging issue. The Mediterranean region is one of the most vulnerable regions regarding the availability of water resources due to climate change and human activities. The Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus offers an integrated approach analyzing the synergies and trade-offs between the different sectors in order to maximize the efficiency of using the resources, whereas adapting optimum policies and institutional arrangements. The Mediterranean is a region where we observe a large spectrum of issues emanating from water pollution and natural resource degradation to water scarcity, large amounts of food loss and waste and increasing demand for energy and food. Agricultural practices, urban development, demand management for water, and protection of ecosystems, particularly aquatic ecosystems, are areas of particular intervention available to the decision-makers in enhancing availability of water for the various water using sectors. In this context, the current policy note paper aims to address a major issue: how can the implementation of the WEF

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Section: Wef Nexus Opportunities In the Mediterranean Regionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Can the Implementation of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Support Economic Growth in the Mediterranean Region? The Current Status and the Way Forward

Markantonis

Reynaud

Karabulut

et al. 2019

Front. Environ. Sci.

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“…This is no easy task however, as the type of information required (i.e. abstraction records) from governments/water managers is often sensitive or unreliable (Bromley et al, 2001;Novo et al, 2015).…”

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Anthropogenic activities alter drought termination

Margariti

Rangecroft

Parry

et al. 2019

Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene

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Despite the increasing influence of human activities on water resources in our current Anthropocene era, the impacts of these activities on the duration, rate and timing of the recovery of drought events, known as the drought termination phase, remain unknown. Here, we present the first assessment of how different human activities (i.e. water abstractions, reservoirs, water transfers) affect drought termination. Six case studies in Europe were used to analyse the human influence on streamflow drought termination characteristics. For all case studies, we compared the drought and drought termination characteristics derived from a human-influenced time series of streamflow (observation data) and a naturalised time series (modelled data) for the same period. Overall, results clearly demonstrate the influence of human activities on drought terminations in all the studied catchments. Groundwater abstractions, reservoirs and mixed influences were all found to increase the average duration of drought termination, whereas water transfers into the catchment decreased drought termination duration. Results also show that average drought termination rates increased in all case studies due to the human influence. Furthermore, start and end months of the termination phase were more skewed to certain months in human-influenced data than in the naturalised situation. Future research could extend this new knowledge by looking to add further case studies and covering different human activities to gain a wider understanding on how human actions modify hydrological droughts and their recovery. Furthering this work could also help to improve the forecasting of drought recovery in the Anthropocene, which is important for informing drought management decisions.

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Anthropogenic activities alter drought termination

Margariti¹,

Rangecroft²,

Parry³

et al. 2019

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Despite the increasing influence of human activities on water resources in our current Anthropocene era, the impacts of these activities on the duration, rate and timing of the recovery of drought events, known as the drought termination phase, remain unknown. Here, we present the first assessment of how different human activities (i.e. water abstractions, reservoirs, water transfers) affect drought termination. Six case studies in Europe were used to analyse the human influence on streamflow drought termination characteristics. For all case studies, we compared a human-influenced time-series of streamflow (observation data) and a naturalised time-series (modelled data) for the same period. Overall, results clearly demonstrate the influence of human activities on drought terminations in all the studied catchments. Groundwater abstractions, reservoirs and mixed influences were all found to increase the average duration of drought termination, whereas water transfers into the catchment decreased drought termination duration. Results also show that average drought termination rates increased in all case studies due to the human influence. Furthermore, start and end months of the termination phase were more skewed to certain months in human-influenced data than in the naturalised situation. Future research could extend this new knowledge by looking to add further case studies and covering different human activities to gain a wider understanding on how human actions modify hydrological droughts and their recovery. Furthering this work could also help to improve the forecasting of drought recovery in the Anthropocene, which is important for informing drought management decisions.

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More cash and jobs per illegal drop? The legal and illegal water footprint of the Western Mancha Aquifer (Spain)

Cited by 14 publications

References 22 publications

Can the Implementation of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Support Economic Growth in the Mediterranean Region? The Current Status and the Way Forward

Can the Implementation of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Support Economic Growth in the Mediterranean Region? The Current Status and the Way Forward

Anthropogenic activities alter drought termination

Anthropogenic activities alter drought termination

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