1. Hydrological cycle of the CADSES regions HYDROCARE
Project part-financed by the EU
Valerio Lucarini, PhD
Technical Director
Potsdam, Germany, 14/02/2006

2. Basic Information Programme: INTERREG IIIB – CADSES – 3rd call
Priority/Measure
4 - Environment protection, resource management
and risk prevention Promoting integrated water management and prevention of floods
Start/End date:
01/01/ /12/2007
Total Budget:
,00 € (ERDF Cofinancing: ,00 €)
Lead Partner
National Consortium of Universities for the
Physics of Atmospheres and Hydrospheres – CINFAI (IT)
Partnership
11 Project Partners from 6 countries (IT, GR, DE, SK, PL, RO)

3. Project Partners 11 PPs, 6 countries Local Authorities
National Consortium of Universities for the Physics of the Atmospheres and of the Hydrospheres (IT)
National Agency for the Environmental Protection and Technical Services - Department of Internal and Marine Waters Protection (IT)
Marche Region - Public Works Design Service (IT)
University of Camerino - Department of Earth Sciences (IT)
Autonomous Province of Trento - Service for Hydraulic Works (IT)
National Technical University of Athens - Department of Water Resources, School of Civil Engineering (GR)
Municipality of Kefalonia (GR)
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (DE)
Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute (SK)
Institute of Meteorology and Water Management - Branch of Wroclaw (PL)
National Institute of Hydrology and Water Management (RO)
Project Partners
11 PPs, 6 countries
Local Authorities
Technical Services
Scientific Institutions

4. Preamble
Integrated management of water as a finite and vulnerable resource and as a source of risks is a fundamental for sustainable development and for the future of Europe and of the planet.
The planning and the management of spatial development require deep knowledge concerning some key hydro-meteorological and hydrological processes, assessing both the reconstruction of the mean hydrological cycle of the area and the extreme events.

5. The Hydrological Cycle
HYDROCARE wishes to develop an integrated system capable of assessing the impact of hydro-meteorological events on the water resources in the CADSES region.
Courtesy of NASA

6. Objectives
Development of an integrated view of the water resource management, bridging the evaluation of the water resources of the CADSES area with the study of the large and basin-scale hydrological cycle.
Development of effective, internationally shared tools for public and private institutions for the correct management of the water resources as well as for planning future development of the CADSES area.
Development of set of standards at European level for the collection, evaluation, storage and interpretation of the hydro-meteorological data, with particular regard to extreme events of great potential impact on the welfare of the population and on the state of the environment.

7. Work Packages 3 kinds of activities In-depth activities
NAME
RESPONSIBLE PP 1
Project set-up and management
PP1 - CINFAI (IT) 2
Reconstruction of the Hydrometeorological cycle
PP8 - PIK (DE) 3
Hydrological analysis and design
PP2 – APAT (IT) 4
Water resources management
PP6 – NTUA (GR) 5
Dissemination and training
PP1 – CINFAI (IT)
3 kinds of activities
In-depth activities
In-extension activities
Outreach activities

8. Reconstruction of the Hydrological cycle
NCEP and ERA 40 reanalyses
IPCC 4AR global climate models simulations
Limited Area Models simulations (e.g. PIK)
Observations (local and remote)
Mostly PP1, PP2, PP5, PP6, PP8 will be involved

9. River Basins Balances
ODER
DANUBE
ELBE

10. Hydrological data on basins and sub-basins
Main river basins in Poland (PP10)
Danubian sub-basin in Slovakia (PP9)
Watersheds in Kefalonia (PP6,7)
Bratislava district (2053 km2)

11. Erosion and Badlands (PP4)
Seawater-freshwater interaction near estuaries (PP3)

12. Publicity activities Press Releases Newsletter release
Page on the 02/2006 issue of Parliament Magazine
Media Partnerships (Radio, Internet TV)

13. Web-site HYDROCARE is already on-line
HYDROCARE is already on-line
Public Section (Technical Reports, Outreach, Links, Press)
Private Section (Reporting, confidential documents, etc)

14. Outputs & Deliverables
2006:
Web-site of the whole project with links to web sites of the PPs.
Preliminary results in hydrometeorological and water resources data collection and analysis (also extremes).
Tuning of the numerical models for the reconstruction of the large-scale hydrological cycle.
Technical and administrative project meetings and first conference.
2007:
Web-site for data retrieval and bulletin for extreme hydrometeorological events.
Protocols for water management and flood prevention to be adopted by public institutions.
Electronic and paper publications, brochures, and reports on the activities of the project.
Calibrated models, databases, GIS tools, and thematic maps to be used in hydrological design of hydraulic works.
Collaboration system on transboundary waters management for the CADSES region.
Installation of instruments such as Georadar and Telemetering Stations.
Technical and administrative project meetings and final conference.
Publicity, training, and dissemination.

15. Geographical limits to water transport?
The Mediterranean Sea play a relevant role in the hydrology of the CADSES region both for the mean state and the extreme events.
The largest impact in terms of precipitation of the Mediterranean water vapor is in the regions downwind of the Sea, thus including the bulk of the CADSES region.
The Danube depends almost entirely on precipitated water of Mediterranean origin. Similarly, a very strong Mediterranean influence exists for Elbe, Oder, and Vistula, since they or their main tributaries originate from mountains (Carpatians, Sudety, Erzebirge) which catalyze the precipitation of Mediterranean water

16. Most of the major floodings occurred in central-eastern Europe are due to a typical Mediterranean meteorological pattern, the Genoa cyclone.

17. Final Remarks
The water management is a critical issue in every society and a continuous improvement is needed. The integrated approach of HYDROCARE allows a relatively easy transfer to other regions. Extensions in time and space are possible.
The project has many contacts with several EU initiatives INTERREG IIIB projects FORALPS, METEORISK, HYDROPTIMET, SEDEMED, AQUAMED, CADSEALAND, NETWET II, Framework projects such as VOLTAIRE, CRUE- ERANET (VI FWP), and GLOWA projects.
HYDROCARE will decrease the fragmentation in the approach of EU countries to water as a resource and as a source of risks (EU Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC and the EU communication about the Flood Initiative).

18. Contact Information
Lead Partner :
CINFAI - National Consortium of Universities for the Physics of Atmospheres and Hydrospheres
Via Viviano Venanzi 15
62032 Camerino (MC) Italy
Contact Point:
Dr. Donato Di Camillo
Tel:
Technical Direction of HYDROCARE 
Dr. Valerio Lucarini
Tel:
Home Page of HYDROCARE