Abstract:
This paper addresses groundwater artificial recharge solutions for integrated
management of watersheds and aquifer systems under extreme drought
scenarios. Based on a lecture presented by Dr. JP Lobo Ferreira at UNESCO’s
International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE) Workshop held in Oslo, Norway,
August 2009, the conceptual idea of Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) is
considered, in this paper, as one of the scientific based solutions towards
scientific based mitigation measures to climate variability and change in many
parts of the world.
In Portugal two European Union sponsored 6th Framework Programme for
Research Projects have been addressing this topic, namely GABARDINE
Project on “Groundwater artificial recharge based on alternative sources of
water: Advanced integrated technologies and management” (cf.
http://www.lnec.pt/organizacao/dha/organization/dha/nas/estudos_id/gabardine)
and the Coordinated Action ASEMWATERNet, a “Multi-Stakeholder Platform for
ASEM S&T Cooperation on Sustainable Water Use” (cf.
http://www.lnec.pt/organizacao/dha/nas/estudos_id/asemwaternet and
http://www.asemwaternet.org.pt).
This paper addresses selected achievements of those Projects.
