La calidad de aguas en España por los siglos de los siglos
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The earliest concern on water quality in Spain dates back to the XI century BP when Jacobeus pilgrims had to drink safe waters along their way. Later, they have been many attempts to deal with pollution effects on human health. This review reports some historical developments of the idea, following the odour trail, with higher concern in Spain on pollution effects on the environment in the late XX century. A plethora of regulations has recently been produced but they are unfortunately unapplied and even avoided, despite many efforts to deal with wastewaters and their effects. As a result, Spanish water quality has been improved in recent years, but we happen to observe an ecological homogeneization of aquatic environments (and hence a lower richness of freshwaters) throughout the country.
Author: Álvarez Cobelas, Miguel
Language: English
Subfield: Water Science and Technology
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6982858578
FWCI:
Cites:
Cited by:
Related to: