Bruno Boz

Bioenergy crops are a promising option for integrating fossil fuels and achieving European environmental targets. Among these, Short Rotation Forestry (SRF) crops and biogas plants have been considered an opportunity for sustainable agricultural development due to their environmental benefits. In this case study, an N balance was performed by compa...

Managed aquifer recharge systems must account for the expected long-run performance from a water quality viewpoint to be considered sustainable in ameliorating not only the groundwater quantity but also its quality. Gravity-driven infiltration ditches in newly afforested areas are one of many managed aquifer recharge systems that could enhance the...

One of the main sources of reactive nitrogen pollution is animal manure. The disposal of digestate (material remaining after the anaerobic digestion of a biodegradable feedstock) in agricultural soils could solve both the problems of soil fertilization and waste removal, but the fate of digestate in the environment must be assessed carefully before...

Afforested riparian zone can provide important services beyond forestry, such as the removal of nitrogen from diffuse pollution. Within the Venice Lagoon watershed, a pilot experimental scale system was designed to manage and monitor the hydrological fluxes and quantify N removal processes. The main objectives of this research, carried out from 200...

A lowland stream was subject to an ecological restoration with the creation of a 11 m wide buffer strip reconnected to the river channel. Monitoring results revealed the efficiency of this buffer system in removing nitrogen. This site was compared with other buffer strips designed according to the technical specifications of Italian Standard 5.2 in...

Several studies have described the effectiveness of vegetated buffer strips, interposed between the cultivated areas and water bodies, in removal of suspended solids and other pollutants such as Glyphosate conveyed through surface runoff. This monitoring study has quantified the effects of a 5-metre wide herbaceous buffer zone, adjacent to a vineya...

One of the main sources of reactive nitrogen pollution is animal manure. The disposal of digestate in agricultural soils characterized by a low permeability could solve both the problem of soil fertilization and waste removal, but its fate must be assessed carefully before to massively employ it. To investigate whether digestate could be safely emp...

Managed aquifer recharge (MAR) design and operation must incorporate the expected long-term performance from a water quantity perspective to sustainably mitigate hydrologic impacts of groundwater overexploitation. Gravity driven infiltration ditches are one of many MAR schemes that could augment the available water resources. In the present study,...

Sette Fasce Tampone, realizzate secondo le indicazioni tecniche contenute nello standard di condizionalità 5.2, in diversi ambiti e contesti climatici, sono state monitorate per un periodo biennale, al fine di quantificare la loro efficienza nella rimozione di azoto inorganico disciolto. Tale azoto è costituito per lo più da molecole di azoto nitri...

Managed aquifer recharge (MAR) design and operation must incorporate the expected long-term performance from a water quantity perspective to sustainably mitigate hydrologic impacts of groundwater overexploitation. Gravity driven infiltration ditches in forested areas are one of many MAR scheme that could augment the available water resources. Resea...

Numerose ricerche hanno descritto l’efficacia di fasce tampone vegetate, sia arboree che erbacee e frapposte fra le zone coltivate ed i corpi idrici, nella rimozione di solidi sospesi e di altri inquinanti quali il Glifosate veicolati tramite processi di runoff superficiale. La ricerca realizzata ha quantificato gli effetti su questi processi di un...

p>Sette Fasce Tampone, realizzate secondo le indicazioni tecniche contenute nello standard di condizionalità 5.2, in diversi ambiti e contesti climatici, sono state monitorate per un periodo biennale, al fine di quantificare la loro efficienza nella rimozione di azoto inorganico disciolto. Tale azoto è costituito per lo più da molecole di azoto nit...

Seven buffer strips (BS) adjacent to fresh water bodies, realized according to the technical data contained in the Standard 5.2 of Crosscompliance, located in different areas and climate contexts, were monitored for a period of two years. It was done in order to quantify their effectiveness in removing dissolved inorganic nitrogen conveyed through...

This study focuses on the short groundwater residence time induced by the development of a dense rooting system in a forested area employed as a buffer zone planned for nitrogen removal. The buffer zone consists of a rectangular area of 0·7 ha sub-irrigated by two ditches and drained by an outflow ditch lying in the centre of the area. The pristine...

This research is part of a project aimed at verifying the potential of a specifically assessed wooded riparian zone in removing excess of combined nitrogen from the Zero river flow for the reduction of nutrient input into Venice Lagoon. Specific objectives were pursued to determine seasonal fluctuations of the microbial populations from the input w...

This research is part of a project aimed at verify-ing the potential of a specifically assessed wooded riparianzone in removing the excess of combined nitrogen from theZero River so as to reduce nutrient inputs into the VeniceLagoon. Among the specific objectives of the project, therewas the determination of change in the composition of themicrobia...

Abstract Floodplains in Europe are heavily impacted by human intervention and often disconnected from the main river channel. Restoring lateral hydraulic connectivity between wetlands, fringe habitats and riparian land with the adjacent river channel is extremely important to maintain natural functioning of floodplain wetlands. However, there is n...

This research is part of a project aimed at verifying the potential of a specifically assessed wooded riparian zone in removing the excess of combined nitrogen from the Zero River so as to reduce nutrient inputs into the Venice Lagoon. Among the specific objectives of the project, there was the determination of change in the composition of the micr...

Soil microbial community composition and activity could be affected by suitable manipulation of the environment they live in. If correctly applied such an approach could become a very effective way to remediate excess of chemicals. The concentration of nitrogen, especially nitrate deriving from agricultural managements, is generally found to increa...

1. The EU ‘Nitrates Directive’ (Directive 91/676/EEC) and the WFD (Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EEC) introduced a series of measures designed to reduce and prevent water pollution caused or induced by nitrates from agricultural sources. Therefore, there is an urgent requirement to control the nitrate concentration in freshwater. The objective...

Publisher Summary Few Italian rivers today can be considered to be in a natural state. Since humans have colonized this region, they have strongly interacted with the rivers and their natural dynamics by shaping their morphology and using the landscape. Exploitation of natural resources has been so extensive that today only small areas of the lands...

his research is part of a project aimed at verifying the potential of a specifically assessed wooded riparian zone in removing excess of combined nitrogen from the Zero river flow for the reduction of nutrient input into Venice Lagoon. The experimental site was built on an area previously used for arable crops. 300 seedlings of the following plant...

The Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC sets out strategic and well-defined objectives for water bodies: to prevent further deterioration of aquatic ecosystems and to achieve a "good ecological status" by 2015. However, the Directive itself is fraught with some weaknesses that are likely to jeopardize the achievement of such goals. The main obstac...

The Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC (WFD) sets out strategic and well-defined objectives: preventing further deterioration of aquatic ecosystems and achieving good ecological status within 2015. However, the WFD reveals some limits that may jeopardize the achievement of such goals. The main obstacle lies in the classification system for the as...