Hydrological cycle of the CADSES regions (HYDROCARE)
2006-2007
It is financed under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Summary
The project HYDROCARE wishes to develop an integrated system capable of assessing the impact of hydro-meteorological events on the water resources in the CADSES region. Emphasis will be put on the development of effective tools for a rational exploitation of the water resources, with the purpose of preserving and enhancing economical and environmental welfare. Such managing tools will be illustrated also in practical terms by performing some case studies. Other main points of the project will be the reconstruction of the large and basin-scale hydrological cycle in the CADSES region, to be obtained by suitably merging observational data (both local and remote) and numerical models, and the development of a high level ICT network within a transnational frame for collecting and exchanging hydro-meteorological data and providing relevant information to end-users such as professionals, farmers, entrepreneurs, public administrations.
Objectives
- Development of an integrated view of the water resource management, bridging directly the evaluation of the quality and quantity of the water resources of the CADSES area with soundly based tools able to reconstruct and model the large and basin-scale hydrological cycle.
- Development of effective, internationally shared tools for public and private institutions for the correct management of the water resources as well as for planning future development of the CADSES area, with particular attention to dynamics of the costs of potable water.
- Development of set of standards at European level for the collection, evaluation, storage and interpretation of the hydrometeorological data coming from different sources, with particular regard on extreme events of great potential impact on the welfare of the population and on the state of the environment.
| Partners
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| Coordinator |
National Consortium of Universities for the Physics of the Atmospheres and of the Hydrospheres |
| Partners |
National Agency for the Environmental Protection and Technical Services |
| Marche Region - Public Works Design Service |
| University of Camerino - Department of Earth Sciences |
| Autonomous Province of Trento - Service for Hydraulic Works |
| National Technical University of Athens - Department of Water Resources, School of Civil Engineering |
| Municipality of Kefalonia |
| Potsdam Institute of Climate Impact Research |
| Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute |
| Institute of Meteorology and Water Management - Branch of Wroclaw |
| National Institute of Hydrology and Water Management |
Documents
Press Release, 12 Jan 2006
HYDROCARE, a Spatial Development Project on Water Management and Risks
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