promoting alternative water sources in urban areas and islands presented by Pro. Michael Scoullos at GWP Consulting Partners Meeting 2010 Stockholm, 3 -4 September 2010
Bioenergy large scale agriculture investments in africa - food security pers...
Alternative water resources in the Med GWP
1. Prof. Michael Scoullos Chairman, GWP-Med Promoting alternative water sources in urban areas and islands GWP Consulting Partners Meeting 2010 Stockholm, 3 -4 September 2010
2. Fig. 1. Mean rainrates over Mediterranean Basin from January 1998–July 2007 (Mehta & Yang, 2008) Rain Rate (mm/day) Water is a rare and fragile resource in the Mediterranean . The Mediterranean climate is typified by an enormous irregularity in the distribution of rainfall in space and time .
3. Greece is a typical Mediterranean country, with unbalanced rainfall , where integrated water management systems are still either deficient or absent. Management efforts are concentrating on the implementation of provisions of the Water Framework Directive. There are parts of the country that are under severe water stress, such as numerous islands of the Aegean Sea. Annual mean precipitation values (in mm H2O) Cycladic Islands