Hydrological indicators in an irrigated catchment with different crops in Spain: how research can contribute to fulfilling Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) through the basic indices for FabLabs.

The core of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, presents the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which constitute of a vital call for action by all world countries. “Clean water and sanitation”, “Industry, innovation and infrastructure”, “Sustainable cities and communities”, “Responsible consumption and production” and “Climate action”, among others, result a challenging field where scientists, farmers and other stakeholders should cowork to create successful tools and management protocols. FabLab approaches pursue to link scientific and technological elements and participatory actions of farmers, administrative institutions, companies and intermediaries for promoting open innovation environments to make technology-enabled products and practices adapted to local needs.

In this study, different types of hydrological signatures evaluated in a catchment of 303 ha with different type of crops, owner profiles and irrigation patterns, are presented as a base to provide the thresholds for alerts and emergency systems related with floods, herbicide peaks and/or sediment loads. Data series of the values of rainfall, runoff, herbicide and sediments collected in the gauge station of the catchment outlet were checked to quantify the impact of rainfall events of different return periods on the catchment responses. The knowledge of these features and procedures is essential to create innovations along the water cycle and improve the alarm protocols and irrigation management in commercial farms.