Quantifying the Long-Term Performance of Rainwater Harvesting in Cyclades, Greece
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Climatic Model
2.3. Data Description and Processing
2.4. Water Scarcity Index
3. Results
3.1. Drought Duration and Severity
3.2. Regional Rainwater Harvesting Performance
3.3. Water Availability per Capita
3.4. Effect of Tourism
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
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Usage | Amount of Water Needed (L/p · year) |
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Drinking water | 2–4.5 |
Sanitation | 20 |
Bathing | 15–25 |
Food preparation | 10–20 |
Island | Total RWH Area (×1000 m2) | Total Island Area (×1000 m2) | Average Precipitation (m) | Total Volume of RWH (×1000 m3) | RWH (×1000 m3) | Rainwater Harvested (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amorgos | 450.24 | 119,780.99 | 0.41 | 48,738.78 | 183.20 | 0.38% |
Anafi | 72.95 | 38,170.89 | 0.11 | 4040.88 | 7.72 | 0.19% |
Andros | 2286.06 | 378,769.54 | 0.89 | 337,781.03 | 2038.67 | 0.60% |
Antiparos | 521.97 | 34,576.11 | 0.18 | 6180.30 | 93.30 | 1.51% |
Donousa | 54.92 | 13,398.99 | 0.06 | 835.18 | 3.42 | 0.41% |
Folegandros | 212.57 | 32,206.19 | 0.11 | 3692.58 | 24.37 | 0.66% |
Ios | 506.62 | 108,571.87 | 0.32 | 34,205.69 | 159.61 | 0.47% |
Iraklia | 46.45 | 18,139.70 | 0.08 | 1519.69 | 3.89 | 0.26% |
Kea | 1035.82 | 131,706.72 | 0.28 | 37,196.30 | 292.53 | 0.79% |
Kimolos | 197.28 | 37,490.25 | 0.14 | 5277.96 | 27.77 | 0.53% |
Kythnos | 554.14 | 98,946.34 | 0.23 | 23,080.26 | 129.26 | 0.56% |
Milos | 1282.98 | 157,628.99 | 0.44 | 69,468.68 | 565.42 | 0.81% |
Mykonos | 3956.69 | 86,366.54 | 0.34 | 28,994.62 | 1328.32 | 4.58% |
Naxos | 3375.22 | 428,632.97 | 0.83 | 356,915.77 | 2810.50 | 0.79% |
Pano Koufonisi | 123.88 | 5712.14 | 0.06 | 337.96 | 7.33 | 2.17% |
Paros | 4573.30 | 195,332.09 | 0.51 | 99,969.01 | 2340.57 | 2.34% |
Schinousa | 71.70 | 8093.64 | 0.08 | 678.21 | 6.01 | 0.89% |
Serifos | 478.86 | 72,396.06 | 0.29 | 21,159.41 | 139.96 | 0.66% |
Sifnos | 944.19 | 76,225.17 | 0.25 | 18,755.46 | 232.32 | 1.24% |
Sikinos | 79.44 | 41,316.10 | 0.12 | 4768.23 | 9.17 | 0.19% |
Syros | 3083.19 | 84,262.41 | 0.26 | 22,021.73 | 805.78 | 3.66% |
Thira | 6519.71 | 75,966.54 | 0.26 | 19,886.74 | 1706.75 | 8.58% |
Thirasia | 98.31 | 9163.80 | 0.08 | 734.41 | 7.88 | 1.07% |
Tinos | 1933.03 | 194,782.14 | 0.56 | 109,337.79 | 1085.08 | 0.99% |
Island | Local Population | Tourist Arrivals | Normalized Population |
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Andros | 8883 | 276,000 | 12,664 |
Milos | 5193 | 432,901 | 11,123 |
Mykonos | 9802 | 1,361,196 | 28,449 |
Naxos | 19,812 | 641,454 | 28,599 |
Paros | 14,290 | 693,049 | 23,784 |
Syros | 20,791 | 356,912 | 25,680 |
Thira | 15,157 | 2,047,894 | 43,580 |
Tinos | 8611 | 500,000 | 15,460 |
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Zarikos, I.; Politi, N.; Gounaris, N.; Karozis, S.; Vlachogiannis, D.; Sfetsos, A. Quantifying the Long-Term Performance of Rainwater Harvesting in Cyclades, Greece. Water 2023, 15, 3038. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15173038
Zarikos I, Politi N, Gounaris N, Karozis S, Vlachogiannis D, Sfetsos A. Quantifying the Long-Term Performance of Rainwater Harvesting in Cyclades, Greece. Water. 2023; 15(17):3038. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15173038
Chicago/Turabian StyleZarikos, Ioannis, Nadia Politi, Nikolaos Gounaris, Stelios Karozis, Diamando Vlachogiannis, and Athanasios Sfetsos. 2023. "Quantifying the Long-Term Performance of Rainwater Harvesting in Cyclades, Greece" Water 15, no. 17: 3038. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15173038