Numerical modeling to well-head protection area delineation, an example in Veneto Region (NE Italy)

Leonardo Piccinini (a), Paolo Fabbri (a), Marco Pola (a), Enrico Marcolongo (a) & Alessia Rosignoli (a)
(a) Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Università degli Studi di Padova. Via G. Gradenigo, 6. 35131. Padova. Italy. E-mail address corresponding author: leonardo.piccinini@unipd.it

The article presents an example of well-head protection area (WHPA) delineation in middle Venetian plain, using geostatistical simulation for the subsoil reconstruction, groundwater flow modeling and automatic calibration.

Well-head protection area, transition probability, groundwater numerical modeling, automatic calibration, middle Venetian plain.