Methodology for the assessment of groundwater resources sustainability: the case of the Lepini mountains aquifer basin, Italy
The effect of climate change on groundwater recharge is becoming increasingly important and requires a resilient management model for a safe water supply. A larger view of the system must be adopted, and humans must become only a part of the whole. This work presents a methodology to evaluate the s...
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The effect of climate change on groundwater recharge is becoming increasingly important and requires a resilient management model for a safe water supply. A larger view of the system must be adopted, and humans must become only a part of the whole. This work presents a methodology to evaluate the sustainability of water resources in a watershed using a simplified water balance method. The methodology uses available data from weather stations and the historical analysis of temperatures and precipitations over 95 years. The results obtained in a previous project were considered to extend the plain weather station data over the entire watershed. Results present a good agreement and allow us to conduct a preliminary analysis of the water system’s reliability. The Mt. Lepini aquifer appears in a critical situation where the discharge is directly connected to the recharge with a failure rate of 83%, considering the average mean discharge of 427 Mm3/y. The management of this water system should be conducted considering all the ecosystem services, not only the water supply to human activities but also the existing water ecosystems present downstream to the spring systems.
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| spelling | doaj-art-611d55bbf8334c45b1f385e1fa8b97d52025-08-20T02:53:43ZengPAGEPress PublicationsAcque Sotterranee1828-454X2280-64582025-04-0114110.7343/as-2025-784Methodology for the assessment of groundwater resources sustainability: the case of the Lepini mountains aquifer basin, ItalyClaudio Alimonti0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4113-9060Massimo Amodio1https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0734-6361Angelica Rizzoli2https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3504-5039Department of Chemical Engineering Materials Environment, Sapienza University of RomeFondazione Roffredo CaetaniDepartment of Chemical Engineering Materials Environment, Sapienza University of Rome The effect of climate change on groundwater recharge is becoming increasingly important and requires a resilient management model for a safe water supply. A larger view of the system must be adopted, and humans must become only a part of the whole. This work presents a methodology to evaluate the sustainability of water resources in a watershed using a simplified water balance method. The methodology uses available data from weather stations and the historical analysis of temperatures and precipitations over 95 years. The results obtained in a previous project were considered to extend the plain weather station data over the entire watershed. Results present a good agreement and allow us to conduct a preliminary analysis of the water system’s reliability. The Mt. Lepini aquifer appears in a critical situation where the discharge is directly connected to the recharge with a failure rate of 83%, considering the average mean discharge of 427 Mm3/y. The management of this water system should be conducted considering all the ecosystem services, not only the water supply to human activities but also the existing water ecosystems present downstream to the spring systems. https://www.acquesotterranee.net/acque/article/view/784Groundwater managementwater useswater balanceclimate changesdrought |
| spellingShingle | Claudio Alimonti Massimo Amodio Angelica Rizzoli Methodology for the assessment of groundwater resources sustainability: the case of the Lepini mountains aquifer basin, Italy Acque Sotterranee Groundwater management water uses water balance climate changes drought |
| title | Methodology for the assessment of groundwater resources sustainability: the case of the Lepini mountains aquifer basin, Italy |
| title_full | Methodology for the assessment of groundwater resources sustainability: the case of the Lepini mountains aquifer basin, Italy |
| title_fullStr | Methodology for the assessment of groundwater resources sustainability: the case of the Lepini mountains aquifer basin, Italy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Methodology for the assessment of groundwater resources sustainability: the case of the Lepini mountains aquifer basin, Italy |
| title_short | Methodology for the assessment of groundwater resources sustainability: the case of the Lepini mountains aquifer basin, Italy |
| title_sort | methodology for the assessment of groundwater resources sustainability the case of the lepini mountains aquifer basin italy |
| topic | Groundwater management water uses water balance climate changes drought |
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