European Fundend Projects

ID:
projects-553

fiwar:
1461

Project_Acronym:
MEDSAL

Project_Name:
Salinization of critical groundwater reserves in coastal Mediterranean areas: Identification, Risk Assessment and Sustainable Management with the use of integrated modelling and smart ICT tools

Funding Authority:
PRIMA

Call for proposals:
PRIMA-2018

Focus Area:
Water Management

Begin Date:
2019-09-01

End Date:
2023-02-28

Status:
Completed

Budget:
€ 001 268 000.00

Description:
MEDSAL Project aims to secure availability and quality of groundwater reserves in Mediterranean coastal areas, which are one of the most vulnerable regions in the world in terms of water scarcity and quality degradation. This objective will be addressed by providing a novel holistic approach directed towards sustainable management of coastal aquifers are affected by increased salinization risk. The proposed framework is envisaged to integrate different tools, techniques and methods – such as environmental isotopes, hydrogeological and hydrogeochemical modelling, advanced geostatistics and deep learning techniques – into an innovative assessment and management approach to: a) identify salinization sources (single or multiple) and decipher their governing processes, b) assess potential interactions with other compartments (small scale) and with other systems at basin (large) scale, c) forecast the spatiotemporal evolution of primary salinization and secondary impacts, d) perform risk assessment under variable climatic projections, and e) develop a public web-GIS observatory to support monitoring, management and decision making.

Resource:
https://mel.cgiar.org/projects/medsal

Inland water types:
Groundwater', 'Coastal waters'