2006 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Managing Resources in an European Semi-Arid Environment: Combined use of Surface and Groundwater for Drinking Water Production in the Barcelona Metropolitan Area
Author : Jordi Martín-Alonso
Published in: Riverbank Filtration Hydrology
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
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Barcelona’s public water supply depends on surface water, groundwater, riverbank filtration, and artificial recharge. The semi-arid climate provides challenges to supplying water, and methods have been developed to manage the riverbed/aquifer interface at the point of infiltration of the riverbank filtration site. The hydrogeology, water quality, and operational elements of the Barcelona water supply are presented