Entity
COORDINATOR Escola Superior Agrária de Castelo Branco
Câmara Municipal de Mação
Instituto Nacional de Engenharia, Tecnologia e Inovação, I.P.
Description
Analysis of wildfire impacts on surface & groundwater quantity & quality, using field data (runoff experiment plots, surface water + wells quality, piezometry, etc.), vegetation combustion experiments for chemical cinder characterization, vegetation cover & biomass assessment volume before & after fires, analysis of water budged changes pre & post-fire.
Design of mitigation and prevention strategies to cope with wildfires & reduce its frequency & severity.
Objectives
- Identification of mitigation & prevention measures.
- Evaluation of forest fires’ impacts on surface- & groundwater.
Results
Surface & groundwater quality & piezometry characterization pre & after-fire.
Agro-forestry, biomass & soil characterisation pre & after-fire.
Runoff & soil changes assessment after fire.
Characterization of ash pollution potential.
Evaluation of recharge (BALSEQ_MOD model) changes triggered by fires.
Evaluation of pollutant’s concentrations in surface- & groundwater pre & after-fire.
Fire-induced pollution indicators.
Definition of measures for prevention and mitigation of fires.
Next challenges
Pursuing the studies of fire impacts on recharge & runoff.
Pursuing the studies of the temporal evolution of pollution on soils & groundwater.
Implementing the mitigation & prevention strategies.
Implementing monitoring of the efficiency of these measures.