Groundwater and surface water quality characterization through positive matrix factorization combined with GIS approach

C Zanotti, M Rotiroti, L Fumagalli, GA Stefania… - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
This study aims at testing the effectiveness of Positive Matrix Factorization in characterizing
groundwater and surface water quality, in terms of identifying main hydrochemical features …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of irrigation on groundwater quality and quantity in a human-modified hydro-system: The Oglio River basin, Po Plain, northern Italy

M Rotiroti, T Bonomi, E Sacchi, JM McArthur… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
For several hundred years, farming in the Po Plain of Italy (46,000 km 2, 20 million
inhabitants) has been supported by intensive surface irrigation with lake and river water …

Groundwater diffuse pollution in functional urban areas: The need to define anthropogenic diffuse pollution background levels

A Azzellino, L Colombo, S Lombi, V Marchesi… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Groundwater status in highly urbanized areas is particularly affected by anthropogenic
influence due to diffuse pollution deriving from many sources. This makes very often …

Exploring the aquifers shaping Italy's sub-urban landscape

F La Vigna, L Alberti, S Da Pelo… - … -Italian Journal of …, 2024 - acquesotterranee.net
Urbanisation poses significant challenges to the management and sustainability of
groundwater resources. The importance of urban groundwater cannot be overstated, and …

Linking local natural background levels in groundwater to their generating hydrogeochemical processes in Quaternary alluvial aquifers

C Zanotti, M Caschetto, T Bonomi, M Parini… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Calculating natural background levels (NBLs) in groundwater is vital for supporting a
sustainable use of groundwater resources. Although NBLs are often assessed through a …

Null-space Monte Carlo particle tracking to assess groundwater PCE (Tetrachloroethene) diffuse pollution in north-eastern Milan functional urban area

L Alberti, L Colombo, G Formentin - Science of the total environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Lombardy Region in Italy is one of the most urbanized and industrialized areas
in Europe. The presence of countless sources of groundwater pollution is therefore a matter …

Modeling groundwater/surface-water interactions in an Alpine valley (the Aosta Plain, NW Italy): the effect of groundwater abstraction on surface-water resources

G Stefania, M Rotiroti, M Fumagalli, F Simonetto… - Hydrogeology …, 2018 - boa.unimib.it
A groundwater flow model of the Alpine valley aquifer in the Aosta Plain (NW Italy) showed
that well pumping can induce river streamflow depletions as a function of well location …

Overlapping redox zones control arsenic pollution in Pleistocene multi-layer aquifers, the Po Plain (Italy)

M Rotiroti, T Bonomi, E Sacchi, JM McArthur… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Understanding the factors that control As concentrations in groundwater is vital for supplying
safe groundwater in regions with As-polluted aquifers. Despite much research, mainly …

Pollutant sources in an arsenic-affected multilayer aquifer in the Po Plain of Italy: Implications for drinking-water supply

M Rotiroti, J McArthur, L Fumagalli, GA Stefania… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
In aquifers 160 to 260 m deep that used for public water-supply in an area~ 150 km 2
around the town of Cremona, in the Po Plain of Northern Italy, concentrations of arsenic (As) …

Multi-methodological integrated approach for the assessment of Diffuse Pollution Background Levels (DPBLs) in functional urban areas: The PCE case in Milano NW …

L Colombo, L Alberti, A Azzellino… - Frontiers in Environmental …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The Milano Metropolitan Area [named FUA (functional urban area)] has a history of heavy
industrialization causing a large portion of area being affected by significant diffuse …