THE VULNERABILITY OF UNDERGROUND WATER RESOURCES FROM MOLDAVIAN PLATEAU TO CLIMATE CHANGES (CHUWAT)
Project number 149/2020; Project code PN-III-P1-1.1-TE-2019-0286
VULNERABILITATEA RESURSELOR DE APĂ DIN SUBTERAN DIN PODIȘUL MOLDOVEI LA SCHIMBĂRILE CLIMATICE
Project Leader: Associate Professor Ph.D Ionuț MINEA
Implementation period: 1.11.2020-31.10.2020
The strategic meaning and the level of social and economic security requires a close attention on the management of underground water resources, especially since they are the main reservoir of fresh water at continental scale. Anthropogenic pressure, coupled with the current and future climate change, shows substantial changes of the groundwater – climate system. Lack of infrastructures to allow the local population, predominantly rural, a constant access to water resource, requires the use of underground water mostly with many implications on the quality and operating conditions of these. The main objectives of this project aim to: (1) identifying of the specific types of hydro-geological conditions in the Moldavian Plateau and the vulnerable areas to changes in the groundwater level; (2) application of regional climate models in the Moldavian Plateau to assess climate changes impacts on underground water resources; (3) modeling of underground water resources response to current and future climate change scenarios. The project will be implemented by a research team composed by the director of the project, four postdoctoral researchers and one PhD students.