Selecting Areas That Are Appropriate to Agricultural Utilization of Treated Wastewater in Hungary

Abstract

Due to climate change the pressure is increasing on the available freshwater resources. Climate change and demographic changes jeopardize the sensitive balance between supplies and demands. In Hungary, the probability of water scarcity may increase in the future. Increasing water demands of the different economic sectors lead to fierce completion. Effective utilization of the resources is necessary. Having regard to the assumption that the treated wastewater reuse may facilitate the prevention of water scarce situations, the author developed a method to define areas appropriate to agricultural utilization. This scientific article presents the structure and the application of the designed method.