Sustainable Management of the Water Resources

Context:
Sicily owns a cultural heritage and unique landscape and is characterized by its richness of varieties. The natural resources are scarce but man has learned to develop them and consequently to make fair and sustainable use of them. The actions for the protection of environment that have been put in evidence in these past years indicate an increased knowledge and environmental consciousness, even though much still remains to be done. The natural landscape has changed much in these last years, caused by phenomena of massive industrialization, illicit factories, hydrogeological crisis, deforestation and considerable spreading of cultivation in green houses.

Total Budget + Funding Total:
EUR 587.800
EU Funding:
EUR 440.850

Duration (dates) :
2006-01-01 - 2009-06-30

Lead Partner:
University of Catania - Faculty of Agriculture branch seat of Ragusa - Department of Agricultural Engineering
Address: Via Dottor Solarino, 2, 97100 Ragusa, Italy
Email: giuseppe.cirelli@unict.it

Project Partners:

Reclamation Consortium -- [ Italy - consorzio8rg@tin.it ]
Malta Resources Authority - Directorate for Water Resources Regulation -- [ Malta - manuel.sapiano@mra.org.mt ]

Project number	n/a
Subject(s)	AGRICULTURE , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY
Acronym	Inwaterman
Geographical coverage	Malta
Budget (in €)	587800
Programme	2000 - 2006 Italy - Malta (IT-MT)
Web site	http://www.territorialcooperation.eu/frontpage/show/1700
Objectives	The principle aims of the project are: . Exchanges of experiences on integrated management of the water resources; . Definition of the present state of the existing water systems on the island of Malta and in the Province of Ragusa and analysis of the major anthropogenic pressures that such resources are forced to undergo; . Technical economical estimations relating to the application of the European rules for the management of waters; . The potential use of purified waste water and analysis of structural and non-structural for their use.
Results	• Ricognizione sistemi idrici per uso potabile ed industriale nella provincia di Ragusa e nell’isola di Malta • Proposta di interventi per l’ottimizzazione delle risorse idriche nel settore agricolo • Realizzazione di un Sistema informatizzato GIS per il controllo qualitativo delle acque sotterranee (Malta) • Monitoraggio di 12 pozzi nell’isola di Malta e di 4 pozzi nella provincia di Ragusa • Analisi della domanda e della disponibilità idrica nel settore agricolo nella provincia di Ragusa e nel territorio maltese.
Period	[01/01/2006 - 30/06/2009]

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