Carbon Footprint in Galleries and Wells in the Canary Islands

  1. Cruz-Pérez, Noelia 1
  2. Rodríguez-Martín, Jesica 1
  3. Santamarta, Juan C. 1
  1. 1 Universidad de La Laguna
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    Universidad de La Laguna

    San Cristobal de La Laguna, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01r9z8p25

Libro:
Recent Research on Hydrogeology, Geoecology and Atmospheric Sciences

ISSN: 2522-8714,  2522-8722

ISBN: 9783031431685,  9783031431692

Año de publicación: 2023

Páginas: 103-105

Tipo: Capítulo de Libro

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-43169-2_23 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Resumen

The Canary Islands are an archipelago made up of eight islands, where the existence of quality water resources is vital to meet the demand for tourism, the population’s needs, and the maintenance of the agricultural sector. This has generated in the islands an excellent knowledge of groundwater and high development of other techniques to obtain drinking water, such as seawater desalination. In this article, we will focus on the facilities used to exploit the aquifer (wells and water galleries) and the impact they have on the environment by calculating the carbon footprint. As the carbon footprint is mainly determined by the consumption of fossil fuels and electricity, we have found that water galleries are the most sustainable installations, as they require neither electricity nor pumping. Desalination plants, on the other hand, consume by far the most electricity and have the highest carbon footprint values.

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