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Dynamics of water use in Spain by estimates of SHI (1998)


 



 

 
1960
1970
1980
1990
1995
2000
2010
2025
                 
Popultion, mln*
30.3
33.8
37.4
39.0
39.6
39.4
39.1
35.4
Irrigation area, th.ha**
  
2435
3029
3370
  
3840
4100
4020
Irrigation area, th.ha***
1950
2379
3029
3402
3657
      
GNP, $US per capita****
                
Water withdrawal, km3
22.7
27.9
36.7
40.2
42.2
44.1
48.0
50.0
Water consumption, km3
13.1
16.2
20.9
23.3
24.0
25.1
26.9
27.0
notes: * - Source: United Nations Organization
** - 1961-1993 Source: FAO Production Yearbook, 1965-1994. Rome: FAO; 1995 – 2025 - SHI 1995 forecast

*** - Source: Gleick, 1998

**** - Source: World Bank / IMF – International Financial Statistics Yearbook, 1980-1994. N.Y.: World Bank/IMF

Water use of Spain (km3/year) by data of different authors


 



 

author
  
year
1970
1980
1985
1990
20001)
20002)
20251)
20252)
IIASA
withdrawal
1993
      
25.8
        
WRI
withdrawal
1991-93
  
10.5
            
WRI
withdrawal
1996-98
      
30.8
        
WWDS
withdrawal
1998
      
30.7
    
30.6
27.2
UNSY
withdrawal
1992
      
46.1
        
Gleick
withdrawal
1998
      
45.3
        
Env.Ind.
withdrawal
1992
    
42.3
          
Margat
withdrawal
1990
    
26.3
  
40
46
44
50
Margat
consumption
1990
        
28
30
30
32
Margat
withdrawal
1994
24.6
40.8
  
39.6
        

notes: all estimates include water use for agriculture, industrial & domestic needs;

1) – scenario 1

2) – scenario 2

IIASA – Kulshreshtha S.N., 1993. World Water Resources & Regional Vulnerability: impact of future changes. Luxenburg: IIASA.

WRI – World Resources (1991-1992, 1992-1993, 1994, 1996, 1997-1998) – N.Y.: Oxford Univ. Press.

WWDS – World Water Resources. Demand & Supply: 1990 to 2025., 1998. Scenarious & Issues. Colombo:IWMI.

UNSY – United National Statistical Yearbook 1992, 39, 1993– N.Y..:UN.

Gleick, 1998 - The World’s Water. The Beneficial Report on Freshwater Resources 1998-1999, 1998, Peter Gleick, Washington, D.C. Covello, California.

Env.Ind. – Environmental Indicators, 1992. In depth analyses of individual indicators: intensity of use of water resources. Paris, OECD.

Margat, 1990 – Prospects for Water Resourcesand Needs in the Mediterranean Countries, 1990. Contributions of the “Plan Blue”. J. Margat. Paris: EC.

Margat, 1994 - Water use in the World Present and Future., 1994. J.Margat. Paris: UNESCO.