The degradation hazard of groundwater resources of the Metaponto coastal plain (Southern Italy)

Polemio, M. and Dragone, V. and Limoni, P.P. and Mitolo, D. and Santaloia, F. (2006) The degradation hazard of groundwater resources of the Metaponto coastal plain (Southern Italy). Ingegneria e geologia degli acquiferi (21). pp. 37-46.

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Abstract

During the last century the land reclamation works, the built-up of dams and modern irrigation systems, the farm and industrial activities, and the overexploitation of the wells, associated to several periods of drought, have deeply modified the quantity and the chemical state of the groundwater resources of the Metaponto coastal plain (Southern Italy). The degradation of the groundwater systems seems to be increased with the time as shown by the piezometric trends (1927-1990) and by the chemical-physical data (1990-2003). The chemical-physical state of the groundwater has been defined according to the hydrochemical classification proposed by an Italian legislative decree.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: groundwater degradation; pollution; quality classification
Subjects: 500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 550 Scienze della Terra > 551 Geologia, Idrologia, Meteorologia > 551.4 Geomorfologia e idrosfera > 551.49 Acque sotterranee (acque sub-superficiali) (Classificare qui le falde acquifere) (per le acque termali vedi 551.23)
Depositing User: Dott. Maurizio Polemio
Date Deposited: 15 Apr 2013 09:56
Last Modified: 15 Apr 2013 09:56
URI: http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/5055

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