MEDSAL Project - 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

• DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-2326
• Publication Date: 2020-03-09T13:33:12Z
• Authors: Evangelos Tziritis; Vassilis Aschonitis; Gabriella Balacco; Petros Daras; Charalampos Doulg...; Maria Dolores Fid...; Elyes Gaubi; Moncef Gueddari; Cüneyt Güler; Fadoua Hamzaoui; Christoph Külls; Mehmet Ali Kurt; Phaedon Kyriakidis; Stelios Liodakis; Birgül Mazmancı; Redha Mohammed Me...; Katerina Nikolaidou; Nizar Ouertani; Andreas Panagopoulos; Vasilios Pisinaras; Jay Krishna Thakur; Ümit Yıldırım; Mounira Zammouri
• Keywords: 13. Climate action; 11. Sustainability; 14. Life underwater; 6. Clean water; 12. Responsible consumption

<p>MEDSAL is a research project (www.medsal.net) focusing on groundwater salinization in the Mediterranean area, funded by PRIMA Program (Partnership for Research and Innovation Area), running 36 months starting from September 2019. MEDSAL constitutes joint Euro-Mediterranean cooperation network of organizations countries associated states EU contributing national funds. The partnership involves eight academic partners seven (plus an external collaborator – private firm), covering wide range experts various scientific fields (e.g. hydrogeology, hydrogeochemistry, environmental isotopes, modeling, hydro-informatics, geostatistics, machine learning).</p><p>MEDSAL aims at developing innovative methods to identify sources processes providing integrated set modeling tools that capture dynamics risks salinization. Thereby, it secure availability quality reserves coastal areas, which are amongst most vulnerable regions world water scarcity degradation. encompasses six (6) test sites located five (5) countries: Rhodope, Greece, (ii) Samos Island, (iii) Salento, Italy, (iv) Tarsus, Turkey, (v) Boufichia, Tunisia, (vi) Bouteldja, Algeria.</p><p>MEDSAL’s principal objectives following: a) Deliver new identification complex processes, b) Exploit potential Artificial intelligence Deep Learning improve detection patterns multi-dimensional hydrogeochemical isotope data, c) Elaborate tailor-made risk assessment development management plans coupling forecasts with climate change impacts future scenarios, d) Develop public domain web-GIS Observatory monitoring, alerting, decision support around Mediterranean.</p><p>MEDSAL expected have significant impact resources improving adequate strategies measures protection aquifers. In this context, will provide classification types coasts, also karstic data-scarce environments. These outcomes be reached better integration data physical-based flow transport models advanced geostatistics. deep learning used data.</p>