The impact of economic growth on natural resources and the environment constitutes a fundamental topic in current research. In particular, water, a fundamental resource for human beings, has been subject to intense pressure in recent decades. Within this context, this article examines the growth of the blue water footprint of the Spanish wine industry and its environmental impact. In order to do this, we will first calculate the blue water footprint of wine, using a bottom-up methodology. Our methodology introduces certain advances with respect to those usually used. Our results show a very fast increase of the blue water footprint from 1995, which has multiplied six-fold in twenty years with an extreme concentration in the region of Castilla-La Mancha, which accounts for 70% of this increase. The expansion of irrigated vine growing in this region has played a relevant role in the serious problems suffered by its aquifers.

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西班牙葡萄酒业的蓝水足迹：1935-2015

经济增长对自然资源和环境的影响是当前研究的一个基本课题。尤其是作为人类基本资源的水，近几十年来一直承受着巨大的压力。在此背景下，本文考察了西班牙葡萄酒行业蓝水足迹的增长及其对环境的影响。为此，我们将首先使用自下而上的方法计算葡萄酒的蓝水足迹。我们的方法相对于通常使用的方法引入了某些进步。我们的研究结果显示，自 1995 年以来，蓝水足迹迅速增加，在二十年内增加了六倍，其中卡斯蒂利亚-拉曼恰地区极端集中，占这一增长的 70%。