Characterization and management of water storage infrastructure (dikes, recharge basins, MAR techniques, etc.)

The team in the Laboratory of Geochemistry of the Surface Environment has high expertise in analytical and environmental assessment for water, sediments, and soils. We have laboratories in Bologna at the Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences and in Ravenna at the Environmental Science Campus for sample storage and preparation as well as for analysis with several types of instrumentations (XRF, IC, FAAS, GFAAS, CHN, ICP-OES, ICP-MS) for solid and liquid matrices characterization. The Head of the laboratory is Enrico Dinelli, Full Professor of Geochemistry at the Bologna University, who will be supported in these PRIMA call by Nicolas Greggio (Junior assistant professor) and Simone Toller (Research fellow).

We are available to participate as Partners in a project related to Water Management. We offer long time expertise on surface water, groundwater and sediment characterization and management including analytical and data interpretation skills. Thanks to analytical results and environmental data, we are able to assess the conditions of the water resource and identify the geological background, anthropic contributions or the pollution (organic and inorganic) of a site, thus bringing valid managing proposals.

Water Resource; Water storage infrastructure; Geochemistry; Water and sediment sustainable management;

Brief literature for the partnership:

-S. Toller, V. Funari, Zannoni D., I. Vasumini, E. Dinelli. “Sediment quality of the Ridracoli fresh water reservoir in Italy: Insights from aqua regia digestion and sequential extractions”, Science of The Total Environment, 2022, 826, 154167. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154167
-S. Toller, V. Funari, I. Vasumini, E. Dinelli. “Geochemical characterization of surface sedi-ments from the Ridracoli reservoir area and surroundings, Italy. Details on bulk composition and grain size”, Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 2021, 231, 106863. DOI: 10.1016/j.gex-plo.2021.106863
-S. Toller, B.M.S. Giambastiani, N. Greggio, M. Antonellini, I. Vasumini, E. Dinelli. “Assessment of Seasonal Changes in Water Chemistry of the Ridracoli Water Reservoir (Italy): Implications for Water Management”, Water 2020, 12(2), 581. DOI: 10.3390/w12020581
Orecchia, C., Giambastiani, B. M., Greggio, N., Campo, B., & Dinelli, E. (2022). Geochemical characterization of groundwater in the confined and unconfined aquifers of the northern Italy. Applied Sciences, 12(15), 7944.
Beltrami, R., Greggio, N., Dinelli, E., & Pasteris, A. (2022). Assessing the impact of artificial summer drainage on the benthic macroinvertebrates in a freshwater wetland in northeast Italy. Hydrobiologia, 849(3), 571-587.
Greggio, N., Giambastiani, B. M., Mollema, P., Laghi, M., Capo, D., Gabbianelli, G., ... & Dinelli, E. (2020). Assessment of the main geochemical processes affecting surface water and groundwater in a low-lying coastal area: implications for water management. Water, 12(6), 1720.