Circular economy as a tool to mitigate the effects of Climate Change on water resources: the case of Spain
Circular economy as a tool to mitigate the effects of Climate Change on water resources: the case of Spain
Pilar Gracia-de-Rentería, Amelia Pérez-Zabaleta & Gregorio Escalera-Izquierdo
Revista DYNA
November 2020 – Volume: 95. Issue: 6 – Pages: 611-614
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6036/9310
Circular economy has become in recent years one of the main strategies to achieve water sustainability and combat the effects of climate change. This study analyses the effectiveness of water reuse in Spain, as a circular economy strategy, in order to reduce the pressure on water resources used for agricultural, industrial and municipal uses. The results show that water reuse has the necessary potential to contribute to water sustainability, since a greater volume of reused water used in municipal uses reduces the volume of water collected from other sources. However, to reach this effectiveness also in the other uses, it would be necessary to increase the volume of reused water, something that Spain has certainly the capacity to carry out.