Water Quality

Water quality will be assessed from three perspectives: surface water resources, groundwater resources and influence of the saltwater intrusion due to sea level rise in the capture of Valada - Tejo.

We intend to determine the relationship between climatic variables and water quality in the origins and the potential for production of drinking water. We will generate scenarios for the evolution of water quality for surface and underground water resources, based on future climate scenarios. We will also generate scenarios ofsaltwater intrusion into the river Tejo. With that purpose, we will use a model that will allow the simulation not only of salinity but also of water high and mean flow velocity in the fluvial-estuarine section. Various scenarios will be defined,considering possible increases in the average level of sea water and any reduction of average inflows from the River Tagus .