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Budapest – Hungary 8-10 February 2011 Workshop on Transboundary Water Cooperation in Central and Western Europe relator: PhD Geologist Alberto Cisotto e-mail: [email protected] THE ISONZO – SOČA RIVER BASIN Eastern Alps District (NE Italy – W Slovenia) www.adbve.it

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Budapest – Hungary 8-10 February 2011

Workshop on Transboundary Water Cooperation in Centraland Western Europe

relator: PhD Geologist Alberto Cisotto

e-mail: [email protected]

THE ISONZO – SOČA

RIVER BASIN

Eastern Alps District

(NE Italy – W Slovenia)

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Workshop on Transboundary Water Cooperation in Central and Western Europe

Overview Status & Pressures Management Conclusions 2/11

ISONZO BASINISONZO BASIN

Trenta Valley 955m asl (“Soča River”) W Slovenia

↓ 140 km (99 + 41)

Panzano Gulf North Adriatic Sea

GEOMORPHOLOGY • Gradient: 23 � 6 � 2 ‰• Total area: 3430 km2

� Italia 1,15 km2 (34%)� Slovenia 2,25 km2 (66%)

• Tributaries� Torre River sub-basin (Natisone & Iudrio R.)� Idrijca & Vipacco rivers

66 %34 %

Idrijca river

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� precipitation (mm/y)

� river

discharge

Pieris Gauging station

HYDROLOGY HYDROLOGY

Discharge characteristics

DischargePeriod of time

or date

Qav 172 m3/s _

Qmax 4400 m3/s 1925-1953

Qmin 12.1 m3/s 3 August 1904

Alpine Prealpine Hills Plain

2400-3100 2000-2500 1400-1800 1000-1400

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HYDROHYDRO--GEOLOGY: GEOLOGY:

water bodieswater bodies

GROUNDWATER

• porous system aquifer: clastic alluvial (gravel and sands) of Isonzo river (Quaternary Age)

• karstic & fractured aquifer: Cretaceous carbonatic rock, Timavo River

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QUALIQUALI-- & QUANTITATIVE STATUS& QUANTITATIVE STATUSSURFACE and GROUND WATER MONITORING NETWORK

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Overview Status & Pressures Management Conclusions 6/11

WATER WATER and and LAND USESLAND USES

DAMS • Salcano � artificial regulation of floods• Sottosella, Canale, Crosis

RIVER WITHDRAWLS• energy and industrial use • agricoltural use

LAND & COVER USE• Forests 49%• Cropland 44%• Urban 6% • Waterbodies 0,7%

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PROBLEMS and PRESSURESPROBLEMS and PRESSURES

TRANSBOUNDARY PROBLEMS� Conflicts relating to IT – SLO different

water resource use� Quality and quantity of the water status

PRESSURES:

Natural origin

� IDRJA Hg MINE

Antropic origin

� ORGANIC MATTER from Nova Gorica wastewater discharge

� SALCANO DAM

NORTH ADRIATIC

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Salcan DamSalcan Dam

In In

SlovenianSlovenian

territory territory

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The Isonzo Basin: which authorities are interested in?

ITALY SLOVENYMinistries of

Foreign Affairs andEnvironment and Protection of Land and Sea

Alto adriatico River Basin Authority

ARPA - Regional Agency for the Environment Protection

Ministry for Environment

National Civil Défense

ARSO –Environment Agency

Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region

ISPRA - Institute Environmental Protection and Research

Regional Civil Défense

…Prefecture and local Municipalities

Isonzo Plan BonificaConsortium

Gorizia Prefecture and local Municipalities

Provincia of Gorizia …

“Focal Points” 2000/60

Permanent Italian Slovenian Commision for Hydro-economy

MANAGEMENT PLAN MANAGEMENT PLAN - TRANSBOUNDARY PROJECTS TRANSBOUNDARY PROJECTS - COOPERATIONCOOPERATION

INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKINSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK

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FINAL CONSIDERATIONFINAL CONSIDERATION

Eastern Alps Hydrographic District Management Plan

has individuated

IT-SLO Permanent Commission for Hydro-Economy

like

- official public organism to discuss transboundary water problems(art. 3 of WFD 2000/60)

The first step of the commission (april 2010) was to define a expert group with the

consign of:

- set out a road map for implementation of

“1ST ITALIAN-SLOVENIAN ISONZO COMMON MANAGEMENT

PLAN”

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In the futureIn the future……....

IT-SLO Permanent Commis. for Hydro-economy has established a

technical committee to plan a cross-border monitoring network will be

operational in 2015 (data of the first review of the management plan)

Budapest – Hungary 8-10 February 2011

Workshop on Transboundary Water Cooperation in Centraland Western Europe

relator: PhD Geologist Alberto Cisotto

e-mail address: [email protected]

relator: PhD Geologist Alberto Cisotto

e-mail: [email protected]

Thank you for your attention

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