| Title: |
Landscape-use optimisation with regards to the groundwater resources protection in mountain hardrock areas (LOWRGREP)
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| Resource Type: |
document --> technical publication --> report
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| Country: |
EU Projects
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| Year: |
2008 |
| Author 1/Producer: |
B. Vayssade
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| Other Authors/Producers: |
S. Bender, Z. Boukalova, A.L. Courbis, J.F. Didon-Lescot, Z. HrkaL, A. Perez Garcia, C. Martin, P. Martinez Alfaro, P. Martinez-Santos, E. Montero, J.A. Sanchez-Navarro, S. Sauvagnargues-Lesage, F. Villarroya, S. Wohnlich, J.G. Y￩lamos
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| Author / Producer Type: |
EC Project
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| Publisher: |
IWA Publishing
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| ISBN: |
ISBN: 9781843391937
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EUGRIS Keyword(s): |
Water and sanitation-->Water and sanitation Overview
Water resources and their management -->Costs, benefits and sustainability
Water resources and their management -->Monitoring and mitigation
Water resources and their management -->River basins
Water resources and their management -->Water resources and their management Overview
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| Short description: |
This report assesses the degree of interference of human activities with
the hydrosphere in mountain-zones, all located in hard-rock areas of
different countries in the European Union. Each of the test–regions has a
specific degree of protection: from regions with very few inhabitants and
very low human impact, to regions submitted to a strong anthropogenic
impact.
The investigations focused on the changes in water quality and on the
simulation of various alternatives leading to optimum landscape-use from
the point of view of water-management. The project’s own Geographic
Information System was used to fulfil the following objective: present all
the obtained knowledge and analyse all the data in user-friendly form
(maps of water vulnerability) and make this knowledge available for
potential users with, for instance, the creation and use of a web site. A
simulation tool has been developed which facilitates the assessment of
the impact of landscape-use on the water budget of the catchment.
Chloride is present in all the investigated areas but only in winter and very
close to roads. Another result of this work is the decreasing impact on
water of sulphur and sulphuric compounds in Germany and in the Czech
Republic, while the nitrogen impact is increasing. Recommendations
concerning the landscape-use are presented for all the regions in particular
for good practices in agriculture.
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Submitted By:
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Professor Paul Bardos WhoDoesWhat?
Last update: 23/06/2008
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