Project framework:
Operational Programme Research and Development
Duration of the project: 05/2010 – 04/2014
Beneficiary: State Geological Institute of Dionýz Štúr
Project is co-financed by European Union from European Regional Development Fund in the framework of the Research and Development Operational Programme
Strategic goal:
Evaluate groundwater quality deterioration risks and elaborate proposals of protection measures towards sustainable water utilisation in Bratislava district
Specific project goals:
1. Create a methodology of groundwater vulnerability assessment based on physical processes of pollution mitigation
2. Develop a database of physical properties of soils, rocks and groundwater
3. Create maps of groundwater vulnerability and anthropogenic load-carrying capacity
Validation of results:
1. Tritium content
2. Nitrates content
3. Field tracing experiments
Project outputs:
1. Interoperable spatial database
2. Web portal with interactive maps
3. Proposition of protective measures and land use limits to avoid future deterioration of groundwater quality