Author(s)

G. Siracusa & A.D. La Rosa

Abstract

A sustainable use of a resource is when the resource use can be continued by society in the long run because the use level and system resource are to be renewed by natural or human-aided processes. When we use natural resources at a speed and in a manner which does not diminish them, or use them to create a way of living that can last so that we are not threatened with catastrophe as they run out, that use can be said to be sustainable. This is the case of wetlands for wastewater treatment use as they collect and purify waters that can be used as a renewed resource for human activities, especially for agricultural irrigation in an area (Sicily) that suffers from a high risk of desertification. In

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