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Objectives and structure of the DRAIN project: An extensive study of the delivery from the drainage basin of the Venice Lagoon (Italy)
AbstractThe Venice Lagoon and its drainage basin form a vast system, where historical and recent cities, large and medium–small industrial districts and intensive agricultural activities coexist within a peculiar environment. The drainage basin constituted of an ensemble of tributary sub-basins with contrasting characteristics and freshwater fluxes; the hydraulic pathways are generally complex and not univocally established. With the main objectives to measure the annual freshwater discharge into the Venice Lagoon and to estimate the related load of pollutants, an intense field activity was carried out in the ambit of the DRAIN project. The 12 main tributaries of the drainage basin were monitored for more than 2 years (1998–2000), obtaining a relevant data set of hydrodynamic, physico-chemical and chemical data. Integrative investigations were also developed in a multidisciplinary approach, covering the existing knowledge gaps on the hydrology and behaviour of such a complex system. The paper describes the characteristics of the system, the selected approach to investigate it, and the main project outcomes.
Objectives and structure of the DRAIN project: An extensive study of the delivery from the drainage basin of the Venice Lagoon (Italy)
AbstractThe Venice Lagoon and its drainage basin form a vast system, where historical and recent cities, large and medium–small industrial districts and intensive agricultural activities coexist within a peculiar environment. The drainage basin constituted of an ensemble of tributary sub-basins with contrasting characteristics and freshwater fluxes; the hydraulic pathways are generally complex and not univocally established. With the main objectives to measure the annual freshwater discharge into the Venice Lagoon and to estimate the related load of pollutants, an intense field activity was carried out in the ambit of the DRAIN project. The 12 main tributaries of the drainage basin were monitored for more than 2 years (1998–2000), obtaining a relevant data set of hydrodynamic, physico-chemical and chemical data. Integrative investigations were also developed in a multidisciplinary approach, covering the existing knowledge gaps on the hydrology and behaviour of such a complex system. The paper describes the characteristics of the system, the selected approach to investigate it, and the main project outcomes.
Objectives and structure of the DRAIN project: An extensive study of the delivery from the drainage basin of the Venice Lagoon (Italy)
Zonta, Roberto (author) / Costa, Franco (author) / Collavini, Flaviano (author) / Zaggia, Luca (author)
Environmental International ; 31 ; 923-928
2005-01-01
6 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Pollutant loads from the drainage basin to the Venice Lagoon (Italy)
| Online Contents | 2005
Freshwater discharge from the drainage basin to the Venice Lagoon (Italy)
| Online Contents | 2005
Pollutant loads from the drainage basin to the Venice Lagoon (Italy)
| Elsevier | 2005