Abstract:
This report is the Deliverable 2.7 component for Bahía Blanca Estuary, and concerns the
diagnosis of the reference situation and the definition a target situation related to groundwater.
Deliverable 2.7 aims the characterization of the inland waters, which contribute to the water
quality of the Bahía Blanca estuary. The contribution is presented in two main parts: (1)
assessing main existing Pressures, and (2) analysing the State of surface and groundwater
quality. Based on this characterization, a future monitoring plan is suggested with the purpose of
filing up existing gaps between drivers, pressures and state.
The report is structured is several sections that present: a general characterization of the
study area, the main existing pressures, the geology and soils, the geomorphology and
tectonics, the hydrology, the hydrogeology and the water quality.
