Demanda de agua en Águilas. La influencia de las desaladoras en el Plan de Modernización de Regadíos

Abstract

Water demand is one of the major problems confronted by present-day society. In regions where the shortage of rainfall remains constant, this problem becomes even more serious. The town of Aguilas, in the Region of Murcia, has been suffering from a great demand for years now due to the incipient growth of population in the summer season and also to the great water demand required to perform the main economic activity in Aguilas: the agriculture. In order to supplement this water demand, desalination plants have been built, and these have had a great influence in the Project for the Modernization of Irrigation.