The shortage of hydric resources is one of the problems that most of the mediterranean countries share and the scientists think that the problem is going to be worse in the future. The solution to this serious problem is to be found in the search of new water resources, because the existing ones are used already in their totality. These objectives can be reached by using different technologies and combining diverse techniques: seawater desalination , transportation of water from a river basin to another one, water conservation and recycling, effective management of the consumption and a better use of water in the agricultural sector.

What is a desalination plant?
A desalination plant is an industrial plant that turns seawater into water apt for industrial and agricultural use or for human consumption. The desalination process consists of eliminating most of the salt dissolved in the seawater, mainly the common salt or sodium chloride and to turn it into potable water.

The use of desalination techniques are, under certain circumstances, a solution to the systematic shortage of hydric resources in some zones. In Spain, of the total of the desalted water, 72% are used for urban and industrial use and the rest for irrigated land.

What is a transfer?

Transferring a river means taking the exceeding water of a river and transporting it to other places or to emptier channels. The transfer can be made via an irrigation channel or a pumping. This is another way to give a solution to those river basins with limited hydric resources.

In order to solve the consequences of the lack of precipitation, it is necessary to look for the conjunction of different methods and we must also practice an efficient consumption of water during all the seasons of the year.