Northern Adriatic Sea water quality for aquaculture and tourism sectors - Cadeau project

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Overview

The Municipality of Chioggia, a coastal town close to Venice, Italy, represents both an important touristic zone and a fishing port influenced by Urban Waste Water Treatment Plant (UWWTP), the Po river and the mouths of the Venice Lagoon. In order to follow the dynamic of plumes released by the latter, ISPRA and OGS, with the support of ARPA Emilia Romagna, have developed a high resolution model of the Northern Adriatic Sea using the Copernicus Marine Service Mediterranean Sea reanalysis model as a boundary and initial conditions. They have performed a reanalysis simulation for the period 2006-today of the Northern Adriatic Sea, including the assimilation of UWWTP data. It allows to relate plumes released by UWWTPs and the measured quality of bathing waters. Each source of bacterial pollution is identified by a different passive tracer. An index will then be developed indicating possible bacterial pollution caused by a UWWTP on a bathing water body. It will help local administrations to better qualify bathing waters laying in their jurisdiction. It will also help many aquaculture farms and fishing port in the area. More here.

• Chioggia is an important seaside town that hosts more than 1,000,000 tourists during the bathing season. In the area, there are 11 bathing zones, 8 of which are classified as excellent and 3 as good. Their profile (as defined by the Bathing Water Directive) identify river mouths and urban waste water treatment plants outflows as potential source of bacterial pollution. More here. In the area (considering both the Venice and Rovigo Provincial Local Administration), there are 41 acquaculture plants. The annual production of mussels and clams adds up to 15,000 tonnes with a revenue of more than 20,000,000 euros (source).

• ISPRA is the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research. ISPRA gathers skills on coastal numerical modelling, and physical and biogeochemical observations. OGS is the Italian National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics. The OGS modelling team has strong expertise in numerical oceanography.

Products used

MEDITERRANEAN SEA PHYSICS REANALYSIS

MEDITERRANEAN SEA BIOGECHEMISTRY REANALYSIS

MEDITERRANEAN SEA REPROCESSED SURFACE CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION AND PHYTOPLANKTON FUNCTIONAL TYPES FROM MULTI SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS

MEDITERRANEAN SEA BIOGEOCHEMISTRY ANALYSIS AND FORECAST

MEDITERRANEAN SEA PHYSICS ANALYSIS AND FORECAST

MEDITERRANEAN SEA SURFACE CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION FROM MULTI SATELLITE AND SENTINEL-3 OLCI OBSERVATIONS

MEDITERRANEAN SEA - HIGH RESOLUTION L4 SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE REPROCESSED

MEDITERRANEAN SEA HIGH RESOLUTION AND ULTRA HIGH RESOLUTION SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANALYSIS

MEDITERRANEAN SEA MONTHLY AND DAILY INTERPOLATED SURFACE CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION FROM MULTI SATELLITE AND SENTINEL-3 OLCI OBSERVATIONS

Benefits for users

• Better optimization for preventive closure of recreational beaches for stakeholders

• Better planning of aquaculture farm sitting and management.

• decison support tool for the implementation of measures in environmental management of coastal areas and aquaculture plants

Useful links

• CADEAU - Operational Service in support of the EU directives in the North Adriatic coastal areas

• ISPRA Official Website