Water and wastewater management for sustainable viticulture and oenology in South Portugal – a review
Assessing sustainability of the wine industry requires improved characterization of its environmental impacts, namely in terms of water use. Therefore, quantification of water inputs and wastewater (WW) outputs is needed to highlight inefficiencies in wine production and related consequences for the...
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| author | Costa Joaquim M. Oliveira Margarida Egipto Ricardo J. Cid João F. Fragoso Rita A. Lopes Carlos M. Duarte Elisabeth N. |
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| description | Assessing sustainability of the wine industry requires improved characterization of its environmental impacts, namely in terms of water use. Therefore, quantification of water inputs and wastewater (WW) outputs is needed to highlight inefficiencies in wine production and related consequences for the environment. Water use and WW generation in irrigated viticulture and oenology remains insufficiently quantified for dry Mediterranean regions (e.g. South Portugal). This paper is focused on wine production under warm and dry climate conditions in the winegrowing region of Alentejo (South Portugal). This region experiences increasingly dry conditions, while the irrigated area keeps expanding, which puts exacerbates the pressure on existing local and regional water resources. Additionally, more erratic variation in climate conditions and the tendency for increasingly extreme climate events (e.g. heat waves) pose more challenges to Alentejo’s wine sector. We conclude that quantitative information on water use and management is not always easy to obtain or access, which hinders improved strategies and/or policies for water use at farm, winery and region-level. Up-to-date statistics and robust metrics can help to better characterize water use and WW flows for Alentejo’s wine region, while optimizing management in vineyards and wineries, in companies and region-wide. The paper is focused on a “Farm-Winery” scenario, which is the most common in South Portugal’s wine sector |
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| spelling | doaj.art-00902182d2ed4468a5e8b30c1dbf7e392022-12-21T21:35:43ZengEDP SciencesCiência e Técnica Vitivinícola2416-39532020-01-0135111510.1051/ctv/20203501001ctv20203501p1Water and wastewater management for sustainable viticulture and oenology in South Portugal – a reviewCosta Joaquim M.0Oliveira MargaridaEgipto Ricardo J.1Cid João F.2Fragoso Rita A.3Lopes Carlos M.4Duarte Elisabeth N.5Centro de Investigação em Agronomia, Alimentos, Ambiente e Paisagem (LEAF), Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de LisboaINIAV I.P., Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e VeterináriaCentro de Investigação em Agronomia, Alimentos, Ambiente e Paisagem (LEAF), Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de LisboaCentro de Investigação em Agronomia, Alimentos, Ambiente e Paisagem (LEAF), Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de LisboaCentro de Investigação em Agronomia, Alimentos, Ambiente e Paisagem (LEAF), Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de LisboaCentro de Investigação em Agronomia, Alimentos, Ambiente e Paisagem (LEAF), Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de LisboaAssessing sustainability of the wine industry requires improved characterization of its environmental impacts, namely in terms of water use. Therefore, quantification of water inputs and wastewater (WW) outputs is needed to highlight inefficiencies in wine production and related consequences for the environment. Water use and WW generation in irrigated viticulture and oenology remains insufficiently quantified for dry Mediterranean regions (e.g. South Portugal). This paper is focused on wine production under warm and dry climate conditions in the winegrowing region of Alentejo (South Portugal). This region experiences increasingly dry conditions, while the irrigated area keeps expanding, which puts exacerbates the pressure on existing local and regional water resources. Additionally, more erratic variation in climate conditions and the tendency for increasingly extreme climate events (e.g. heat waves) pose more challenges to Alentejo’s wine sector. We conclude that quantitative information on water use and management is not always easy to obtain or access, which hinders improved strategies and/or policies for water use at farm, winery and region-level. Up-to-date statistics and robust metrics can help to better characterize water use and WW flows for Alentejo’s wine region, while optimizing management in vineyards and wineries, in companies and region-wide. The paper is focused on a “Farm-Winery” scenario, which is the most common in South Portugal’s wine sectorhttps://www.ctv-jve-journal.org/articles/ctv/pdf/2020/01/ctv20203501p1.pdfirrigated viticulturesustainable water usewater metricswater scarcitywastewater reuse |
| spellingShingle | Costa Joaquim M. Oliveira Margarida Egipto Ricardo J. Cid João F. Fragoso Rita A. Lopes Carlos M. Duarte Elisabeth N. Water and wastewater management for sustainable viticulture and oenology in South Portugal – a review Ciência e Técnica Vitivinícola irrigated viticulture sustainable water use water metrics water scarcity wastewater reuse |
| title | Water and wastewater management for sustainable viticulture and oenology in South Portugal – a review |
| title_full | Water and wastewater management for sustainable viticulture and oenology in South Portugal – a review |
| title_fullStr | Water and wastewater management for sustainable viticulture and oenology in South Portugal – a review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Water and wastewater management for sustainable viticulture and oenology in South Portugal – a review |
| title_short | Water and wastewater management for sustainable viticulture and oenology in South Portugal – a review |
| title_sort | water and wastewater management for sustainable viticulture and oenology in south portugal a review |
| topic | irrigated viticulture sustainable water use water metrics water scarcity wastewater reuse |
| url | https://www.ctv-jve-journal.org/articles/ctv/pdf/2020/01/ctv20203501p1.pdf |
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