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The Importance of Nonconventional Water Resources under Water Scarcity

Published:2024-03-31 Issue:7 Volume:16 Page:1015
ISSN:2073-4441
Container-title:Water
language:en
Short-container-title:Water

Author:

Angelakis Andreas N.¹²^ORCID,Tchobanoglous George³^ORCID,Capodaglio Andrea G.⁴^ORCID,Tzanakakis Vasileios A.⁵

Affiliation:

1. School of History and Culture, Hubei University, Wuhan 430061, China

2. HAO-Demeter, Agricultural Research Institution of Crete, 71300 Iraklion, Greece

3. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA

4. Department of Civil Engineering & Architecture, University of Pavia, Via Adolfo Ferrata, 3, 27100 Pavia, PV, Italy

5. Department of Agriculture, School of Agricultural Science, Hellenic Mediterranean University, 71410 Iraklion, Greece

Abstract

According to FAO, water scarcity is now affecting all five continents and is expected to intensify in the coming years as the water demands of the growing population increase and the impacts of climate variability become more pronounced. The existing unevenness of water resource availability and insufficient investment in relevant infrastructure have forced the water sector to recognize the importance of nonconventional water resources (NWR) in planning for a sustainable water future. The purpose of this review is to highlight the available and potentially available NWR and to discuss the future application of these water sources.

Publisher

MDPI AG

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/16/7/1015/pdf

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