ECOMANAGE Integrated Ecological Coastal Zone Management System Deliverable 2.7 Diagnosis of the Reference Situation and Defi nition a Target Situation related to Groundwater Bahía Blanca Estuary

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.