Groundwater Engineering - Politecnico di Torino

We are a team of experts that, under the guidance of prof. Rajandrea Sethi, conducts innovative research in the field of aquifer environmental management. Our goals are to ensure a sustainable water supply, to safeguard and valorise groundwater resources, and to provide advanced solutions for the remediation of contaminated aquifers. Our work focuses on the development of theories, technical solutions, software, and tools needed to address the complex issues of aquifer characterization, exploitation, protection, and quality remediation. Our research covers a wide range of topics, among which: sustainable groundwater exploitation and monitoring, delineation of wellhead protection areas, remediation of contaminated sites (including nanoremediation), multiscale flow and transport modelling, health and environmental risk assessment, fate of microplastics in the environment, development of innovative green agrochemicals, and renewable energy exploitation (e.g. geothermal resources). We participate in several national and international research projects. We cooperated in the realization of the first permeable reactive barrier using zero-valent iron in Italy and in the groundwater monitoring of the building sites of the MOSE Project in Venice. We are also partner of AQUAREHAB, NANOREM, REGROUND, and GRETA projects financed by the EU.