Abstract

In 2005 Apulia Region approved the first Nitrates Action Plan (D.G.R. n° 2036) proposing the designation of regional NitratesVulnerable Zones (NVZs) caused by nitrates from agricultural sources, as required by the European Directive "91/676/CEE" and theNational one's (D.Lgs 152/06). These polluted areas were confirmed in 2010 (D.G.R. n. 1317). Successively, in 2012, all the Italianregions have been called to update Nitrates Vulnerable Zones (NVZs) designation. Therefore, a detailed study has been carried outin order to investigate what has been change during the last four-year period (2008-2011) in which an elaborate regional waterresources monitoring has been conducted.Data analyses and elaboration of all available monitoring results allowed to: (i) identify the main pollution sources emerging in theregion, (ii) analyze the influence of previous policy actions evaluating their efficiency on the regional land, and last (iii) draft newsuitable policies aimed to reduce the actual nitrates pollution evidenced during the last examined four years. In particular, it wasfound that a positive effect of the previous policy actions occurred in the reduction of some of the regional NVZs and, at the sametime, new opportune mitigation strategies to control and manage nitrates pollution in the updated NVZs have been identified andproposed to improve regional environmental sustainability.

Autore Pugliese

• Calabrese Angelantonio , Ancona Valeria , Uricchio Vito Felice

Tutti gli autori

• A. Calabrese; V. Ancona; V.F. Uricchio; M.A. Iannarelli; C. Campanale; V.N. Palmisano

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2013

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2-85352-519-8

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