Project name: Subsurface WAter monitoring and Management to prevent drought risk in coastal systems
Acronym: SWAMrisk
Program: Interreg Italy-Croatia
Lead partner: University of Split, Faculty of civil engineering, architecture and geodesy
Project partners: Veneto Region, M3e SRL,Regional Development Agency Dubrovnik-Neretva County - DUNEA, Croatian waters, AEQUUM d.o.o., LAND RECLAMATION AUTHORITY ADIGE EUGANEO- Adige Euganeo, CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE -CNR
Project duration: 01/04/2024. - 30/09/2026.
Project budget: 2,194,420.00 €
EU funds: 1.755,536,00 €
DUNEA's budget: 168.000,00 €
About the project:
Climate changes induced droughts are relevant, up to date problems, affecting overcrowded, tourism oriented coastal areas at the Adriatic Sea. Due to climate changes, which primarily identified in rising sea levels, lack of precipitation, increasing air temperature and changes in natural hydrological regimes, sustainable water management in the coastal ecosystem becomes an even greater challenge. Sustainable agriculture in coastal areas relies on the assumption availability of water of appropriate quality which identified as a high demanding challenge.
Relying on climate change predictions and forecasts, there is a need for additional effort on awareness raising as well as improvements in the resilience of coastal ecosystems to the impacts of climate change, which is the overall objective of SWAMrisk.
SWAMrisk aims to ensure and improve preparedness for droughts caused by climate change and their negative effects on groundwater in coastal systems along the coastal areas of the Adriatic Sea in Italy and Croatia. Through the SWAMrisk project, two study coastal areas were selected, located between the Venetian lagoon and the delta of the river Po in Italy and the delta of the Neretva river in Croatia. These areas are particularly sensitive to climate change, especially droughts and saltwater intrusion. Through the project, guidelines and technical rules for operational waters and projections of available underground waters and guidelines for their exploitation and use will be developed.
