Abstract:The large concentration of human population, industry and services in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona has to confront scarce water resources, serious seasonal and inter-annual variations and quality deficiencies in the sources. A large fraction of these water resources are in the medium-size Llobregat River basin and the remaining ones correspond to a surface water transfer, seawater desalination and wastewater reclamation. Groundwater dominated water resources availability before 1950. Afterwards, water su… Show more
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