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The head of the Segura could stop generating half of its resources before the end of the century (17/03/2017)

Jesús Carrillo, a graduate student in Civil Engineering at UCAM, has published in the scientific journal of high impact (Q2) "Water" his estimate of the impact that climate change can have on the water resources generated by the Segura head, Which, if they do not put urgent remedies, will be reduced by up to 54%.

The student has developed this work together with the researchers Javier Senent, Julio Pérez and Jesús Soto, from the same faculty, and under the direction of Dr. Javier Senent.

According to the climate change scenarios used for the study, the decline in precipitation at the end of the century may reach 32% over the current average, while annual average temperatures could increase by more than 3 Â° C.

From this information, UCAM researchers have estimated that the amount of water resources generated in the upper part of the basin could be reduced to 54% in the worst case scenario, which would significantly aggravate the structural deficit currently suffered by the Segura basin.

The Segura basin has the lowest available per capita water availability in Europe, so this situation highlights the need to establish urgent measures to mitigate the effects of climate change on its water resources.

Source: UCAM

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