Programme: Water4All – European Partnership

Call: 2022 Joint Transnational Call “Management of water resources: resilience, adaptation and mitigation to hydroclimatic extreme events and management tools”

Project acronym: AQUIGROW

Project title: “Sustainable AQUIfer recharge to enhance resilience of GROundWater services under increased drought risk”


Description: AQUIGROW aims to address the main threats to water availability for human needs and ecosystem security across a wide range of climates — from arid to semi-humid — in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The project focuses on aquifer systems used for irrigation and drinking water supply, with study sites in Europe, Israel, and South Africa.
Key objectives include: quantifying current recharge flows in selected aquifers; identifying critical issues in their sustainable management in terms of both water quantity and quality, considering current practices, planned land-use changes, and climate change scenarios; and co-developing integrated numerical tools and management solutions to enhance recharge flows and improve groundwater storage, particularly during drought periods.


Project starting date: 01/03/2024
Project end date: 28/02/2027
Duration: 36 months


Partner: 
1. Università degli Studi di Padova – Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering (Italy) (Coordinator)
2. Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (France)
3. Politechnika Gdanska (Poland)
4. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche – Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica (Italy)
5. Stellenbosch University (South Africa)
6. Israel Institute of Technology (Israele)


Coordinator:
Prof. Matteo Camporese - Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering

For University of Padova:
Total Project Cost: 356.570,00 Euro
Funded Amount: 249.599,00 Euro