Hydraulic and Environmental

Engineering

My experience in water quality modelling is quite limited: just an application on marine dispersion based on bidimensional grid but with only one quality variable in it, a generic “pollutant” relative concentration. Really barbaric, in some way, but effective too: it could easily give at least an idea of the plumes generated by some generic dissolved, conservative compound. The model was not calibrated too. Really, really rude. Fortunately, the expected result was not a deterministic time-space forecast of chemical distributions, but just (more…)

Just a brief post, especially for (but not only) Venetian friends interested in water resources: ARPAV (Environmental Protection Agency of the Veneto Region) has published its Atlas of Springs of the Veneto Region (in Italian only), an interesting collection of water sources distributed in our territory. Useful not only for professional purposes, but also for recreative ones (most of the springs are located in idyllic spots in mountain or hilly areas of the regional territory). The Atlas can also help hikers to find some good refreshment during their trips! As usual, it is freely downloadable.

Agriculture accounts for 70 percent of child labour worldwide. Every day 132 million children 5-14 years of age are forced to work the land, often in unhealthy and hazardous conditions. A FAO report reveals it.
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