Ethical Aspects of Water Use in the Campo de Cartagena and the Associated Impacts on the Mar Menor

In recent years, the Mar Menor, a large and emblematic hypersaline lagoon on the Spanish Mediterranean coast, has seriously deteriorated. This lagoon and the entire surrounding area is one of the main sources of wealth in the Spanish south-east and is an ecological asset. Consequently, it has generated great controversy, confronting researchers, managers and citizens in general. At a general level, the lagoon undergoes a eutrophication process (excess of nutrients) caused by different factors, which go beyond merely scientific ones. In contrast to the intense fall in groundwater levels detected in most aquifers in the area, the water table level in the Campo de Cartagena aquifer has a rising trend and water quality loss, mainly due to irrigation returns. However, the lack of clarity in knowledge, enough data and good cooperation are major handicaps for sound management. This is compounded with poor ethical behaviour in what refers to increasingly limited water resources, insufficient attention to scientific knowledge and data availability, maintaining corporate and institutional privileges, and looking for illusory fast politically worth results instead of medium- to long-term solutions to problems that have been cooked for decades.

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Fernández-García M.F. Custodio E. y Llamas M.R. Ethical Aspects of Water Use in the Campo de Cartagena and the Associated Impacts on the Mar Menor. Springer Nature, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59320-9_27

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Date of creation 2024-11-05
Date of last revision 2024-11-05
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Metadata identifier 0c06d5ed-8195-5007-8883-6ba9d2b2158a
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Name of the dataset creator Fernández-García, M.F., Custodio, E. y Llamas M.R.
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Other identifier DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-59320-9_27
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