Gruppo di ricerca di Idrogeologia (GI)

Maurizio Polemio (a), Manuel Sapiano (b), Francesca Santaloia (a), Alessia Basso (a), Vittoria Dragone (a), Giorgio De Giorgio (a), Pierpaolo Limoni (a), Livia Emanuela Zuffianò (a), Mangion John (b) & Micheael Schembri

(a) Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica – CNR, Bari, Italy.
(b) Energy and Water Agency – EWA, Luqa, Malta.

The Maltese Islands are located in the central Mediterranean area,
on the Malta-Sicily Platform. The archipelago consists of three main
islands, Malta, Gozo and Comino, and several other small uninhabited
islets. Malta, the largest of the three islands, has an extent of 246 km2.
The aim of this paper is to describe the collaboration between CNRIRPI
and EWA (Energy and Water Agency of Malta) and the efforts to
upgrade the hydrogeological knowledge of the Malta Island, pursuing
the sustainable utilisation of groundwater resources. This will support
the water management activities for optimizing the use of Malta’s
groundwater resources. Firstly, a review of the hydrogeological
environment of the aquifer systems has been undertaken, identifying
so some important data gaps that should be filled up. The eventual
groundwater body management tool to be developed under this
collaborative initiative will enable the formulation and testing of
updated groundwater exploitation strategies. These plans ensure the
protection of the groundwater bodies from regional and localized
sea-water intrusion, whilst taking full consideration of the potential
effects of climate change, including the variability of recharge, sea
level and seawater salinity.

The complete article is avaible on:

Rend. Online Soc. Geol. It., Vol. 47 (2019), pp. 85-89, https://doi.org/10.3301/ROL.2019.16

Dear Colleagues,
The prospect of a word population of 9 billion by 2050, growing urbanisation, intensive irrigated agriculture and climate change will add extra pressures on the water resources and the environment. The availability of highquality freshwater is a decisive factor for socio-economic development. Water scarcity occurs in many countries— particularly in the Mediterranean, Middle East, Africa, etc.— that are confronted with a crucial combination of a severe lack of and increasing demand for high-quality water. World water resources seem abundant; however, only 0.7% of this total amount is usable water. Serious water pollution problems make 1/5 of the world’s population (approximately 1.1 billion people) at risk of water-related diseases. Competition for water made scarce by intensive irrigation is already a major source of conflict in arid and semiarid areas. Groundwater is worldwide the main source of domestic supply and irrigation. […]

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A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section “Water Resources Management and Governance“.

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2020

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E’ stato pubblicato on line un e-book, special issue della rivista Water sulla piattaforma della MDPI Books dal titolo “Groundwater Resources and Salt Water Intrusion in a Changing Environment ” a cura di Maurizio Polemio e Kristine Walraevens. Esso approfondisce, mediante la presentazione di lavori di 30 scienziati di 11 paesi il forte impatto del cambiamento globale in termini di cambiamento climatico e pressione antropogenica con effetti fortemente negativi sulle risorse idriche sotterranee costiere, ampiamente influenzate da intrusione marina.

Il volume è accessibile e scaricabile al seguente indirizzo della MDIP Books
http://www.mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/1779

Informazioni bibliometriche:

Polemio, M.; Walraevens, K.; Groundwater Resources and Salt Water Intrusion in a Changing Environment, Water 2019, pages. 176.
https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03921-198-2