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The water crisis in southern Portugal: how did we get there and how should we solve it

dc.contributor.authorNunes, Luís
dc.contributor.authorMonteiro, José Paulo
dc.contributor.authorCunha, M. C.
dc.contributor.authorVieira, J.
dc.contributor.authorLucas, H.
dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, L.
dc.contributor.editorBrebbia, C. A.
dc.contributor.editorConti, M. E.
dc.contributor.editorTiezzi, E.
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-07T14:58:37Z
dc.date.available2018-12-07T14:58:37Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractUntil very recently, the public water supply in the Algarve region was almost entirely supported by groundwater wells. However, in the last years of the 20th Century, the Portuguese government defined a scheme for the public water supply sector entirely based on surface water from large dams, in order to guarantee the public water supply. The efforts to abandon groundwater as a source for public supply started in 1998, after a large investment in new infrastructures and rehabilitation of some existing ones. However, the practical implementation of this water supply scheme showed that an integrated resource management is needed in order to implement a more economical and reliable solution. The present paper describes the historical background and the evolution of water use in recent decades until the present time in the Algarve, and a proposal for restructuring the management of the water supplies based on the development of a decision support system within an integrated water resources management scheme.
dc.description.sponsorshipAguas do Algarve S.A
dc.identifier.doi10.2495/RAV060431
dc.identifier.isbn1-84564-048-9
dc.identifier.issn1743-3541
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/12119
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherWit Press
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment
dc.titleThe water crisis in southern Portugal: how did we get there and how should we solve it
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oaire.citation.conferencePlaceBariloche, Argentina
oaire.citation.endPage+
oaire.citation.startPage435
oaire.citation.titleManagement of Natural Resources, Sustainable Development and Ecological Hazards
oaire.citation.title1St International Conference On the Management of Natural Resources, Sustainable Development and Ecological Hazards
oaire.citation.volume99
person.familyNameNunes
person.familyNameMonteiro
person.givenNameLuís
person.givenNameJosé Paulo
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