Uses and demands

According to the HPI , water uses are considered to be the different kinds of use of the resource, as well as any other activity that has repercussions on the state of the waters.

For the purposes of the provisions, the uses considered are:

Supply of populations: includes domestic, public and commercial use, as well as small consumer industries connected to the network. In addition, it includes the supply of the seasonal tourist population.
Agricultural use: includes crop irrigation and the use of water in livestock production.
Industrial use: includes all industrial use.
Other uses: energy use is included here (both for energy production, as well as for the cooling of hydroelectric, thermal and nuclear power plants), aquaculture and service uses (golf courses).

Cultivos del Campo de Cartagena y Ganadería junto al Reguerón

Water demand is the volume and quality of water that users are willing to acquire to satisfy a given production or consumption objective. These demands can be consumptive or non-consumptive.

As non-consumptive demands, the flows used by the hydroelectric plants are considered, as well as the flows taken from the water courses for aquaculture, navigation and for nautical activities and which are subsequently returned in their entirety to the public hydraulic domain. The use of navigation and water transport is not considered significant.

Gross demands in the DHS
	Urban		Agraria		Industrial not connected		Services (Irrigation of Golf courses)		Wetland maintenance (consumptive)		Total
	hm³	%	hm³	%	hm³	%	hm³	%	hm³	%	hm³	%
Reference horizon demand 2012	185.5	10.80%	1,487.10	86.30%	9	0.50%	11.3	0.70%	29.6	1.70%	1,722.50	100
Demand horizon 2015	189.1	11.00%	1,487.10	86.10%	9.1	0.50%	11.3	0.70%	29.6	1.70%	1,726.20	100
Demand horizon 2021	194.3	11.20%	1,487.10	85,90%	9.5	0.50%	11.3	0.70%	29.6	1.70%	1,731.80	100
Demand horizon 2027	208.3	11.90%	1,490.90	85.20%	10.3	0.60%	11.3	0.60%	29.6	1.70%	1,750.40	100
Demand horizon 2033	210.9	12.00%	1,490.90	84.50%	11.5	0.70%	20.6	1.20%	29.6	1.70%	1,763.50	100
Industrial demand for energy use is not included because it is not a consumptive use. The use for thermal cooling is carried out exclusively with sea water. The use in solar thermal power plants does not reach 2.5 hm³ / year, a non-significant value and the concessions have been processed by changing the use of agricultural concessions.

Source: Segura Demarcation Hydrological Plan 2015-2021

Horizonte 2010

Horizonte 2015

Horizonte 2027

Gross demands located outside the DHS but met with resources from the same or the ATS through the post-transfer infrastructure
	Urbana ( GALASA + MCT not Secure)		Agraria		Industrial not connected		Services (Irrigation of Golf courses)		Maintenance of wetlands (consumptive)		Total
	hm³	%	hm³	%	hm³	%	hm³	%	hm³	%	hm³	%
Reference horizon demand 2012	46,2	43,10%	58,8	54,90%					2,1	2,00%	107,71	100
Demand horizon 2015	47,2	43,70%	58,8	54,40%					2,1	1,90%	108,01	100
Demand horizon 2021	44	41,90%	58,8	56,10%					2,1	2,00%	104,09	100
Demand horizon 2027	41,1	40,30%	58,8	56,10%					2,1	2,10%	102	100
Demand horizon 2033	44,4	42,20%	58,8	55,80%					2,1	2,00%	105,3	100
The non-connected industrial demand of the province of Alicante outside the DHS is not considered as a demand to be met from it. Industrial demand for energy use is not included because it is not a consumptive use. The use for thermal cooling is carried out exclusively with sea water. The use in solar thermal power plants does not reach 2.5 hm³ / year, a non-significant value and the concessions have been processed by changing the use of agricultural concessions.

Source: Segura Demarcation Hydrological Plan 2015-2021

Arrozales en Calasparra

In Annex 3. Uses and Demands ZIP Document (15.5 MB) of the Hydrological Plan of the Segura demarcation, the concepts and methodology used to estimate the uses and demands of the demarcation are exposed.