Water, a scarce resource
The typically Mediterranean climate, with recurrent episodes of drought and heavy rains, together with the great demographic and economic heterogeneity of Catalonia are the cause of the great diversity of hydrological areas of the Catalan territory.
It is precisely this diversity that makes it extremely difficult to manage, not only to ensure the availability and quality of the resource, but also to ensure the health of the natural environment that provides it.
In order to face the conditions of water scarcity, it is traditionally considered on one hand the responsible use, trying to limit the consumption of water, and on the other hand routes of access to alternative water resources as it can be the generation of fresh water from seawater through desalination processes.