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VISFRIM - The Italian case study: Lemene basin

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Created 17 May, 2021 - 11:28

The Lemene basin is located in northern Italy and covers an area of 1018 km2over the Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia (FVG) regions. It is delimited from the east by the Tagliamento river, from the west by the Meduna and Livenza rivers and from the south by the Caorle lagoon (Fig. 1).This transboundary basin is of high interest since, unfortunately, it has been frequently subject to flood events, the most recent one occurring in November 2019 (Fig. 2). 

Data collection phase

In order to setup the Lemene hydrological and hydraulic model, spatial and hydro-meteorological data have been collected. A brief description of such information is presented below:

 

  Data type Source
Spatial data River cross-sections
  1. Hydrogeological Structure Plan (PAI Lemene)
  2. Civil Engineering Department from Veneto region
  3. Cellina-Meduna Land Reclamation Consortium
  4. Autovie Venete
  5. ARPAV
DTM (Digital Terrain Model)
  1. Veneto Region
  2. FVG Region
  3. Treviso Province
Hydraulic issues / flood extents
  1. Civil Engineering Department from Veneto region
  2. Metropolitan City of Venice
  3. Veneto Orientale Land Reclamation Consortium
Hydro-meteorological data Sea tides ISPRA
Precipitation and stream level data from existing gauges
  1. ARPAV
  2. ARPA FVG
Stream level data from recently installed gauges Data derived from the two new hydrometric stations, installed in November 2019 thanks to the VISFRIM project’s funding


Data harmonization and sharing

In order to facilitate data sharing among technical project partners and to support public consultation of flood-related information, the following steps were taken:

  • processing and harmonizing all the previously collected spatial data according to a jointly structured geodatabase;
  • development of a WebGIS platform through the open-source software Lizmap, a
  • imed for online consultation of flood-related data and simultaneous processing by all the involved project partners (Fig. 3).

 

Hydraulic model

The hydrographic network from the Hydrogeological Structure Plan (PAI) for the Lemene catchment was considered as a reference for the development of a new hydraulic model, including, however, more recently acquired topographical data. In detail, in order to facilitate the import of raw geometrical data into the hydraulic model, different codes were developed, allowing for a more fluent and speedy inputting process. 

The 1D modelling of the entire PAI hydrographic network was completed (Fig. 4), as well as the 2D modelling of potentially flooded areas.

 

Future steps

In the upcoming months, the following activities are programmed:

  • modelling analysis of low, medium and high probability flood scenarios;
  • implementation of new river topographical surveys, whose spatial location is set on the basis of preliminary model results;
  • update of the hydraulic model, inputting the new river sections’ data from planned topographical surveys.
Lemene river networkLemene river network
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Floods occurred at Colle, Azzano Decimo, in November 2019Floods occurred at Colle, Azzano Decimo, in November 2019
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Screenshot of the WebGIS, created in Lizmap, showing the different information layers presently available for the Lemene basinScreenshot of the WebGIS, created in Lizmap, showing the different information layers presently available for the Lemene basin
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The Lemene hydraulic model under developmentThe Lemene hydraulic model under development
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