Historic watermills digital survey and sustainable re-design in Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park (Italy)
Historic watermills digital survey and sustainable re-design in Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park (Italy)

Summary/Abstract: The present work is part of a multidisciplinary research carried out within the Benecon Competence Center Demonstration Project and related to Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park area, one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites and included in the Biosphere Reserve network. This study concerned the Vallone Auso water system, in the territory of Ottati, a municipality located in the north-eastern part of Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park and has been structured in three phases. An initial phase of analysis took into account the hydraulic characteristics of the Vallone Auso, with particular reference to the nature of the water torrent, the vegetation, geological and lithological conditions of the site, the hydrological and ecological environment. The second phase of the work concerned the check on the presence of hydraulic conditions suitable for the reactivation of the historic watermills as examples of the hydro-mechanical technology used in the past. The last phase finally allowed an analysis on the quality characteristics of the waters of the Auso Torrent. It has been possible to hypothesize the creation of a “filter system” with river phytodepuration techniques in order to safeguard the water course from induced pollution.

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