Crop production and irrigation: deciding factors of wastewater reuse in Spain?
Water scarcity in Mediterranean countries, especially in drought periods, justifies the use of wastewater. The deficit of water resources influences crop productivity and threatens environmental sustainability. The objective of this paper is to analyse whether agricultural production and irrigatio...
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| author | Gallego Valero, Leticia Moral Pajares, Encarnación Román Sánchez, Isabel María |
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| description | Water scarcity in Mediterranean countries, especially in drought periods, justifies the use of
wastewater. The deficit of water resources influences crop productivity and threatens environmental
sustainability. The objective of this paper is to analyse whether agricultural production and irrigation
area determine the volume of reused wastewater in Spain. To that end, a panel data model is estimated
with 187 observations from 17 Spanish regions between 2004 and 2014. The results obtained show
that wastewater reuse depends on agricultural variables as well as factors which affect the supply
and demand of water. These include the relative scarcity of water resources; the availability of surface
water, groundwater and desalinated water; the population; and the revenues collected for sanitation
and wastewater treatment. Prevailing economic conditions, however, are not a determining factor.
Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop appropriate management systems that guarantee the
financing of sanitation and water reclamation services in all the regions that have significant crop
production and scarcity of water resources. |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-150832024-01-10T13:16:05Z Crop production and irrigation: deciding factors of wastewater reuse in Spain? Gallego Valero, Leticia Moral Pajares, Encarnación Román Sánchez, Isabel María Fiscalidad ambiental Economía del agua Wastewater reuse Crop production Irrigation Water scarcity Wastewater taxes Panel data Water scarcity in Mediterranean countries, especially in drought periods, justifies the use of wastewater. The deficit of water resources influences crop productivity and threatens environmental sustainability. The objective of this paper is to analyse whether agricultural production and irrigation area determine the volume of reused wastewater in Spain. To that end, a panel data model is estimated with 187 observations from 17 Spanish regions between 2004 and 2014. The results obtained show that wastewater reuse depends on agricultural variables as well as factors which affect the supply and demand of water. These include the relative scarcity of water resources; the availability of surface water, groundwater and desalinated water; the population; and the revenues collected for sanitation and wastewater treatment. Prevailing economic conditions, however, are not a determining factor. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop appropriate management systems that guarantee the financing of sanitation and water reclamation services in all the regions that have significant crop production and scarcity of water resources. 2024-01-10T13:16:05Z 2024-01-10T13:16:05Z 2019-01-08 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Gallego-Valero, L., Moral-Pajares, E., & Román-Sánchez, I. M. (2019). Crop production and irrigation: deciding factors of wastewater reuse in Spain?. Desalination and Water Treatment, 150, 91-98. 1944-3994 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/15083 10.5004/dwt.2019.23618 en http://doi.org/10.5004/dwt.2019.23618 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Desalination Publications |
| spellingShingle | Fiscalidad ambiental Economía del agua Wastewater reuse Crop production Irrigation Water scarcity Wastewater taxes Panel data Gallego Valero, Leticia Moral Pajares, Encarnación Román Sánchez, Isabel María Crop production and irrigation: deciding factors of wastewater reuse in Spain? |
| title | Crop production and irrigation: deciding factors of wastewater reuse in Spain? |
| title_full | Crop production and irrigation: deciding factors of wastewater reuse in Spain? |
| title_fullStr | Crop production and irrigation: deciding factors of wastewater reuse in Spain? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Crop production and irrigation: deciding factors of wastewater reuse in Spain? |
| title_short | Crop production and irrigation: deciding factors of wastewater reuse in Spain? |
| title_sort | crop production and irrigation: deciding factors of wastewater reuse in spain? |
| topic | Fiscalidad ambiental Economía del agua Wastewater reuse Crop production Irrigation Water scarcity Wastewater taxes Panel data |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/15083 |
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