SPAIN: DROUGHT DRAINS WATER SUPPLIES, PROMPTS RECYCLING PLANSTito Drago
NEW DELHI, July 12 (Xinhua) -- The Indian government on Friday started dispatching drinking water to the worst affected drought-hit southern Indian city of Chennai, officials said. The first 50-wagon train carrying water left Jolarpettai railway station in Vellore of southern Tamil Nadu state,...
Impact of annual drought on the water and energy exchanges in the Do帽ana region (SW Spain)García, MFernández, NGonzálezDugo, M PDelibes, MGarcia, M.; Fernandez, N.; Gonzalez-Dugo, M.P.; Delibes, M. Impact of Annual Drought on the Water and Energy Exchanges in the Donana Re...
ananalysis of the potential impacts of severe drought on long-range water resource management in Nogales, Arizona, reveals that insufficient attention is paid to the potential combined impacts of such a drought on the water systems of Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales, Sonora. Most notably, effluent ...
Europe is also predicting extreme water scarcity in the coming years. Nearly70% of Spain could face drought conditions over the next three decades, meaning 27 million residents will struggle with heighetened scarcity. Meanwhile,20% of Italy is at risk of desertificationfrom extreme weather events,...
With historically low river flows and reservoirs running dry due to drought, people in central Chile have found themselves particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic.
s poor living in sub-Saharan Africa, the Sahel is a fragile region laden with social and climate instability, including social conflict, food insecurity, human displacement and extreme flood and drought events43. In the aftermath of severe drought events during the 1970s and 1980s, competition ...
Spanish irrigated agriculture uses about 80% of all the nation's available water resources. The need to increase the economic efficiency of current uses of water in the agricultural sector is perceived as the top priority of the country's national water policy. In Spain surface water is centrall...
Despite a drought in 1989, Santa Clara had a ″new″ water source--reclaimed water-- helping to replace some of the potable water shortage. The city's three-year old golf course was kept watered and green despite drought restrictions. The reclaimed water was also use for construction projects...
Water shortages are a recent factor in Spain’s sometimes conflicted relationship with tourism, which is a pillar of its economy. It is the second-most-visited country in the world after France and Spaniards themselves are enthusiastic beachgoers. But mass tourism has triggered a local backlash ...