| Title | An innovative monitoring system for sustainable management of groundwater resources: objectives, stakeholder acceptability and implementation strategy |
| Abstract | The paper presents the preliminary results of a scientific initiative aiming at the definition and implementation of innovative management options to mitigate the environmental impacts of groundwater pumping in coastal aquifers. In fact seawater intrusion in such aquifers is very often caused by the over-exploitation of groundwater mainly due to the increasing water demand in the agricultural sector in the last decades in most semiarid or arid countries of the world. Consequently, the sustainable management of groundwater under the principles of transparent and efficient water use has highlighted the issue of measuring and accounting the water volumes withdrawn from the groundwater. The objective of the research activity is the design of an innovative monitoring system for sustainable groundwater exploitation. Such an ambitious target requires an accurate analysis of existent and potential stakeholders' conflicts. These conflicts are crucial for the implementation of strategies and activities by the different institutions that are involved in the management of water resources. Therefore, a central role in the development of the project is the stakeholder involvement, with particular emphasis on conflict assessment. In this work, conflicts analysis has concerned both the acceptability of groundwater protection measures and the feasibility of groundwater monitoring strategies. |
| Source | EESM 2010, IEEE SYSTEMS COUNCIL, Taranto |
| Keywords | Bayesian Believe NetworksGrondwater monitoringIntegrated water resources management |
| Year | 2010 |
| Type | Contributo in atti di convegno |
| DOI | 10.1109/EESMS.2010.5634172 |
| Authors | GIORDANO R., MILELLA P., PORTOGHESE I., VURRO M., APOLLONIO C., D'AGOSTINO D., LAMADDALENA N., SCARDIGNO A., PICCINNI A.F. |
| Text | 89809 2010 10.1109/EESMS.2010.5634172 Bayesian Believe Networks Grondwater monitoring Integrated water resources management An innovative monitoring system for sustainable management of groundwater resources objectives, stakeholder acceptability and implementation strategy GIORDANO R., MILELLA P., PORTOGHESE I., VURRO M., APOLLONIO C., D AGOSTINO D., LAMADDALENA N., SCARDIGNO A., PICCINNI A.F. Istituto di Ricerca Sulle Acque CNR Istituto Agronomico Mediterraneo, CIHEAM, IAMB, Valenzano Bari , Italy Dipartimento di Ingegneria Delle Acque e di Chimica, Politecnico di Bari, DICA, Bari, Italy The paper presents the preliminary results of a scientific initiative aiming at the definition and implementation of innovative management options to mitigate the environmental impacts of groundwater pumping in coastal aquifers. In fact seawater intrusion in such aquifers is very often caused by the over exploitation of groundwater mainly due to the increasing water demand in the agricultural sector in the last decades in most semiarid or arid countries of the world. Consequently, the sustainable management of groundwater under the principles of transparent and efficient water use has highlighted the issue of measuring and accounting the water volumes withdrawn from the groundwater. The objective of the research activity is the design of an innovative monitoring system for sustainable groundwater exploitation. Such an ambitious target requires an accurate analysis of existent and potential stakeholders conflicts. These conflicts are crucial for the implementation of strategies and activities by the different institutions that are involved in the management of water resources. Therefore, a central role in the development of the project is the stakeholder involvement, with particular emphasis on conflict assessment. In this work, conflicts analysis has concerned both the acceptability of groundwater protection measures and the feasibility of groundwater monitoring strategies. EESMS 2010 2010 IEEE Worskshop on Environmental, Energy, and Structural Monitoring Systems, Proceedings 978 1 4244 6274 2 Proceedings of a meeting held 9 September 2010, Taranto, Italy EESM 2010, IEEE SYSTEMS COUNCIL Taranto Internazionale Contributo Published_proceeding EESMS_Paper_Proceeding_05634172.pdf Contributo in atti di convegno raffaele.giordano GIORDANO RAFFAELE ivan.portoghese PORTOGHESE IVAN michele.vurro VURRO MICHELE TA.P04.005.007 Strumenti di mitigazione dello stress quali quantitativo per i sistemi idrici |
