Proceedings of the 2" International Conference. Capri (Italy), June 24 - 28. 2002

New Trends in Water and EnvironmentalEngineering for Safety and Life

Eco-compatible Solutions for Aquatic Environments

Edited By

Gianfranco BecciuPolitecnico di Milano, Italy

Ugo MaionePolitecnico di Milano, Italy

Beatrice Majone LentoTerr@A Hydraulic Research Centre for the Environment, Italy

Rosselia Monti

Terr@A Hydraulic Research Centre for the Environment, Italy

Alessandro PaolettiPolitecnico di Milano, Italy

Monica PaolettiCsdu - centro Studi Deflussi Urbani, Italy

Umberto SanfilippoCsdu - Centro Studi Deflussi Urbani, Italy

TECH Ml S O I EINFORMATiONSBSBLIOTHEK

UNIVERSITATSBSBLIOTHEKHANNOVER

Csdu - Centro Studi Deflussi Urbani

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SESSION A - WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

Al) IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE

Direct measurement of vegetation resistance in prototype scaleA. Armanini, M. Righetti, P. Grisenti, F. Nadalini 3

Potential of skimming wells for extracting relatively-fresh groundwater fromunconfined aquifers underlain by saline groundwaterM.N. Asghar, MM. Saeed, M. Ashraf, A.S. Qureshi 5

Irrigation in Vojvodina - water quality problemsS1. Belie, R. Savic 7

Water quality improvement in drainage networksV.Bixio 9

Effects of ponded depth treatment on water balance in paddy fieldsS.O.Chung 11

The control of transport processes by the analysis of flow fieldconditioned by tile drainsM.L. Deangelis 13

Agro-hydrological and hydraulic simulation models for supportingdecisions in irrigation managementG. D'Urso, A. Santini 14

Numerical analysis of the transport and fate of nitrogen in the soilA. El-Sadek, J. Feyen 16

Loss of calcium from soil by the irrigation and alkalinisationO.E. Klymenko, M.I. Klymenko 18

How to schudele drip irrigation with a brakich water in a purposeof a sustainble systemL. Arfaoui, H. Daghari, M. Madlej 19

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Adoption and feedback provision on irrigation technologies among fanners in NigeriaO.I. Oladele 20

Traditional methods of irrigation and water harvesting in IranA. Rafiei Emam, A.N. Rafiei Emam 21

Water institutions for shared irrigation management in Pakistan

G.M. Talpur, Y. Memon 23

A2) GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT

The implementation of a flux model for the application of groundwater integratedinvestigation conceptL. Alberti, D. Bianchi, S. Ceccon 27Groundwater quality in agricultural area of YugoslaviaA. Belie 28

Groundwater management in urban areas in GermanyW.G. Coldewey, H. Kories, J. ten Thoren 30

Comparison of management scenarios in a regional groundwater systemwith unstable water tableE. Colombo, M.L. Deangelis, E. De Bortoli, M.G. Tanda 32

High nutrient and chloride loads in polder areas due to groundwater exfiltrationP.G.B. de Low, J. Ghffioen, G.A.P.H. van den Eertwegh, B. Calf 33

Modeling of nitrate leaching from artificially drained soilA. El-Sadek, M. Radwan, J. Feyen 35

The problem of the groundwater rise in Milan areaV. Francani, L. Alberti, P. Trajiletti 37

Groundwater management in central desert of IranM. Khayyat Kholghi 38

Infiltration of petroleum products through the unsaturated zoneB. Molino, G. Albergo, A. Biscione 40

Contaminant transport in experimental columns: Monte Carlo andgenetic algorithm approach to the parameters estimationM. Marseguerra, E. Zio, F.C. Giacobbo, M. Mariani 41

In-situ storm water eco-treatment and recharge through infiltration: quality and quantityattenuationJ. Sansalone, F. Calomino, V. Singh, T. Zheng 43

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In-situ storm water eco-treatment and recharge through infiltration: particle transport andseparation mechanismsJ. Sansalone, F. Calomino, V. Singh, T. Zheng 45

A3) DESERTIFICATION AND DROUGHT

Runoff harvesting system as part of desertification prevention and sustainabledevelopment of desert ecosystemsG. Carmi, P. Berliner 49

Environmental impacts of climate change in the Mediterranean:EC actions to mitigate drought and prevent desertificationD. De Wrachien, R. Ragab, A. Giordano 50

Desertification Vulnerability in Sicily (Southern Italy)L. Giordano, F. Giordano, S. Grauso, M. lannetta, M. Sciortino, G. Bonati,F. Borfecchia, L. De Cecco, F. Felici, S. Martini, G. Schino 52

Characterization of areas sensitive to desertification in southern ItalyG. Ladisa, M. Todorovic, G. Trisorio-Liuzzi 54

Prediction of hydrological drought in arid and semi-arid landK. Nosrati, A. Shahbazi 56

Early warning of drought: development of a drought bullettin for SicilyG. Rossi, A. Cancelliere 57

Extending problems concern water resources in transition period in Azerbaijanregard to health and safetyM. Teymurov 59

A4) POLITICAL AND ECONOMICAL ASPECTS OF WATER MANAGEMENT

Adoption of environmental standards in the water sector in EgyptB. Attia, M. Tawfik 63

EMAS implementation in hydropower plantsC. Comoglio 65

Integrated water resources management and politics: the case of EthiopiaC. Corona 66

Water reservoir management based on model of self-cleaningL. Frolova, A. Zakirov 68

Legal pluralism and women's access to and control over water resourcesS. Gul 69

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Integrated water resources management towards long-term water securityin the MediterraneanA. Hamdy, C. Lacirignola, G. Trisorio-Liuzzi 70

An application of MCDM approach to water resources management in southern TehranM.K.Kholghi 71

Decision-making on restoration of the polluted freshwater lakesT. Koroleva 73

Problems of sustainable development of natural (water) resourcesof arid zones (on an example of Uzbekistan)R.A. Kulmatov, A.G. Azizov, D.R. Kulmatova, H. Tillaev 74

Scope for privatisation of water supply in India: social and economic aspectsM. Kulshrestha, A.K. Mittal 76

Normalized method limits: application to the Basento - Camastraand Agri water systemsV. Mangone, L. D'Anisi, R. Ermini, R. Giugliano 78

Strategies for sustainable development of water resources systemsEM. Mendiondo, J.B. Valdes 79

Short term assessment of Kordestan province water resources using GIS techniqueK. Nosrati, A. Shahbazi 81

Use of economic measures for conservation flow in upstream areaN. Shirakawa, N. Tamai 82

Rieti's district area plan

P. Ziani, A. Pretner 83

A5) REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS IN WATER MANAGEMENT

GIS is a powerful tool to assess the performance of a hydrological modelA. Abu El-Nasr, J. Feyen, J. Berlamont 87Applications of airborne laser scanning for flood hazard areas determinationF. Belloli. R. Guercio, M. Marsella, M. Silvestri 88

Using electromagnetic sensing technique for assessing soil salinity and canal seepageF. CasselS., D. Zoldoske, T. Jacobsen, E. Norum 89

Land use and water quality relationship evaluation by using GISC. Cavuoti, D. Caniani, l.M. Mancini, A. Sole, S. Masi 90

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Relation between spatio-temporal distribution of precipitations and vegetationdynamics using remote sensing imagesG. Ciraolo, G. La Loggia, C. La Mantia, A. Maltese 92

The contribution of earth observation data in the application of hydrological modelsG. D'Urso, A. Santini 94

Prediction of pressure heads in water distribution networks with cokrigingR. Guercio, R. Magini, I. Pallavicini 95

A6) ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING OF FLUVIAL AND COASTAL LANDSCAPE

Fluvial landscape evaluation: a method of analysis suitable toeco-compatible planningA. Braioni, M.G. Barioni 99

Spatio-temporal domains of ecological processes relevant to planning inephemeral streams landscapesP. Mairota, G. Trisorio-Liuzzi 101

The new waterfront of CivitavecchiaA. Noli, P.F. Capolei 102

The costal valued landscape reconstruction: the case of San Remo (Italy)M. Tira, M. Tiboni, B. Badiani 103

SESSION B - PROTECTION FROM WATER-RELATED THREATS

Bl) FLOODS AND LAND SAFETY

Using two methods to split the total discharge in its componentsA. Abu El-Nasr, J. Feyen 107

Flooding scenarios due to levee breaking in the Po riverF. Aureli, P. Mignosa 108

Hydrology of a small river basin (Kyan) on Siwalik region in the Kingdom of NepalJ.K. Bhusal, G. Bhusal 109

The hydraulic hazard map of the Pisa Province Master PlanG. Bracci, P. Chirizzi, A. Conti, M. Delia Maggesa, G. Testa 110

Semi-analytical transient analysis of river embankments with a syntheticdesign hydrograph/. Butera, M.G. Tanda 112

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Simulation of the great flood of December 1870 in RomeG. Galenda, L. Calvani, C. P. Mancini 113

A proposed protective structure from debris flows in eastern AlpsP. Cancelli, P. Recalcati 114

Flow around bends in riversW.H. Graf, K. Blanckaert 116

A new policy in Integrated Water Management in the NetherlandsConcept 'Living with floods'R. Klomp, F. Klijn, M. Vis 117

Numerical simulation of gradual earth-dam failureA. Leopardi, E. Oliveri, M. Greco 118

The diffusive numerical scheme for a real case of dam-breakF. Macchione, G. Viggiani 120

Regional estimation model of synthetic design hydrographs for the Po riverU. Maione, P. Mignosa, M. Tomirotti 122

Hydraulic and environmental integrated analysis for the flood defenceof the magra river mouthF. Pittaluga, M. Gonella, C. Rossi 124

The October 2000 flooding in Valle d'Aosta (Italy): event descriptionand land planning measures for the risk mitigationS. Ratto, F. Bonetto, C. Comoglio 126

Impact of debris waves

A. Lamberti, B. Zanuttigh 127

B2) SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMENT TRANSPORT

Sediment removal from cropland runoff by vegetated filter stripsM. Abu-Zreig, R.P. Rudra, M.N. Lalonde, H.R. Whiteley, N.K. Kaushik 131A case study of canal lining in expansive soils of