Abstract

Natural waters contain dissolved minerals from interactions with atmospheric and soil gases, mixing with othersolutions, and/or interactions with the biosphere and lithosphere. In many cases, these processes result in natural waterscontaining solute or salinity above concentrations recommended for a specified use, which creates significant social andeconomic problems.There are different measures, actions and practices for managing groundwater when the natural resource is exposedto salinization. Some of these measures have a mitigation objective. Other measures have a more adaptive approach andaccept the high groundwater salinity but adjusting the groundwater use so that it is not harmful.Moving from the lowest to the highest complexity, these approaches are the engineering approach, the dischargemanagement approach, and the water and land management approach.This research classifies the sources of groundwater salinization and defines in detail different management approachesto protecting the groundwater through salinization mitigation and/or groundwater salinity improvements. By focusing theattention on the effect of seawater intrusion, practical solutions are proposed.

Autore Pugliese

• Zuffiano' Livia Emanuela , Polemio Maurizio

Tutti gli autori

• Polemio M.; Zuffianò L.E.

Titolo volume/Rivista

Rendiconti online Società Geologica Italiana

Anno di pubblicazione

2016

ISSN

2035-8008

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