Ferrara coastal aquifer

The study area is located in the coastal floodplain of the Po River, in Northern Italy.

This area is characterized by intensive agriculture inland and intensive tourism along the

coast during  summer periods (June-September).

Most of the territory is a recently reclaimed land with flat topography below sea level, and with an altitude ranging from 5 to -11 m above sea  level  (a.s.l.); the  only  topographic  heights  consist of dune  systems, paleodunes  and  river banks.

The  Geological Survey  of  the  Emilia-Romagna  Region (Northern Italy) has  developed  a regional  monitoring  network  to  monitor  saltwater  intrusion in  the coastal  aquifer facing Adriatic Sea.

References

Giambastiani B.M.S., Colombani N., Mastrocicco M., Fidelibus M.D., (2013) CHARACTERIZATION OF THE LOWLAND COASTAL AQUIFER OF COMACCHIO (FERRARA, ITALY): HYDROLOGY, HYDROCHEMISTRY AND EVOLUTION OF THE SYSTEM. Journal of Hydrology, 501, 35-44.

Caschetto M., Colombani N., Mastrocicco M., Petitta M. and Aravena R., (2015) APPLICATION OF MULTI-ISOTOPE DATA (O, D, ³H, C, N, AND S) TO CHARACTERIZE BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES AFFECTING NITROGEN AND SULFUR IN AN ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTED ALLUVIAL COASTAL AQUIFER, 42^nd IAH Congress, 13-18 September, Rome.