Spanish water reuse and irrigation abuse
- From: Vol 9, Issue 6 (June 2008)
- Category: General
- Region: Europe
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The Segura river basin is leading the national charge in Spanish wastewater reuse. It is also a hotbed of environmentally unsustainable irrigation.
Nowhere demonstrates better the Spanish government’s difficulties in balancing water supply and demand than the Segura river basin, which covers the provinces of Murcia and parts of Alicante, Almería and Albacete – the heart of Spain’s horticultural industry.
The Segura basin leads the field in the implementation of one of the government’s priority strategies for increasing water ...
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