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2013 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
23. Water Scarcity and Drought Management in the Ebro Basin
Authors : Miguel Ángel García-Vera, Rogelio Galván-Plaza
Published in: Drought in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
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Abstract
Water resources management practices fall under scrutiny when water scarcity problems become severe. This reevaluation occurs quite regularly in Spain because of the large temporal variation in the availability of water resources with frequent drought episodes. Present-day developments such as the growing environmental flow requirements or impending climate change further compromise the availability of resources for traditional water uses. The management of extreme events, such as droughts, requires that hydrological planning is based on management at the basin level, solid institutions, the best possible knowledge, public participation and co-responsibility in decision-making for all concerned stakeholders. This chapter presents the main strategies implemented in Spain, and in particular in the Ebro Basin, as an example of the decisions that need to be made during situations in which water is scarce.