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Water Scarcity and Wastewater Reuse Standards in Southern Europe: Focus on Agriculture

Water, air, and soil pollution, 2017-07, Vol.228 (7), p.1, Article 251 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland 2017 ;Water, Air, & Soil Pollution is a copyright of Springer, 2017. ;ISSN: 0049-6979 ;EISSN: 1573-2932 ;DOI: 10.1007/s11270-017-3425-2

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Title:
Water Scarcity and Wastewater Reuse Standards in Southern Europe: Focus on Agriculture
Author: Lavrnić, S. ; Zapater-Pereyra, M. ; Mancini, M. L.
Subjects: Agricultural wastes ; Agriculture ; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution ; Climate ; Climate change ; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts ; Earth and Environmental Science ; Environment ; Environmental regulations ; Exploitation ; Hydrogeology ; Indicators ; Mineral nutrients ; Nutrients ; Plant growth ; Soil Science & Conservation ; Wastewater ; Wastewater reuse ; Wastewater treatment ; Water consumption ; Water Quality/Water Pollution ; Water resources ; Water reuse ; Water scarcity ; Water stress ; Water supply ; Water treatment
Is Part Of: Water, air, and soil pollution, 2017-07, Vol.228 (7), p.1, Article 251
Description: Climate change affects water resources worldwide, and Southern Europe is one of the areas where water scarcity is expected to increase in the future. Different water scarcity indicators discussed in this manuscript (e.g. total annual actual renewable water resources, water exploitation index and dependency ratio) showed that some parts of this region are already facing water stress and that climate change could have a great impact on their water supply sector. As agriculture is the biggest consumer of water in the world and also in this particular region, potential water scarcity will impose the need to find new water sources. Treated wastewater reuse would decrease the pressure on the environment and is especially suitable for reuse in agriculture since it already contains some nutrients required for plant growth. However, in order to use it safely, treated wastewater must reach a certain quality that should be regulated. In the south of Europe, 4 countries out of 15 have already adopted wastewater reuse regulations (Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain). This review compares these regulations and discusses their differences.
Publisher: Cham: Springer International Publishing
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0049-6979
EISSN: 1573-2932
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-017-3425-2
Source: ProQuest Central

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Water Scarcity and Wastewater Reuse Standards in Southern Europe: Focus on Agriculture

Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland 2017 ;Water, Air, & Soil Pollution is a copyright of Springer, 2017. ;ISSN: 0049-6979 ;EISSN: 1573-2932 ;DOI: 10.1007/s11270-017-3425-2

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