Forest Plantations and Water Consumption: A Strategy for Hydrosolidarity

Table 3

Comparative results of the measurements of the study catchment water balance between the former Eucalyptus plantation (2002–2008) and the first two years of the new plantation (2008–2010). The water year runs from August through September. 𝑃: annual precipitation. 𝑄: annual water yield. 𝐸𝑇: catchment scale evapotranspiration.

Water year	𝑃 (mm)	𝑄 (mm)	𝐸𝑇 (mm)
2002-2003	1150	206	943
2003-2004^(*)	—	—	—
2004-2005	1202	225	978
2005-2006	1276	146	1130
2006-2007	1310	219	1091
2007-2008^(**)	1601	237	1364
Average for the period	1308	207	1101
2008-2009	1553	313	1240
2009-2010	1716	767	949
2010-2011	1537	420	1107
Average for the period	1602	500	1099

(*) Data from this water year was dropped because of electronic equipment failure. (**) The harvesting of the former plantation was carried out in July (dry season) of 2008, immediately followed by the new planting.