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2.4 Groundwater resources in Sicily: Spatial Distribution
The following two sections (§2.4 and §2.5) describe the main hydrological features of
the Sicilian aquifers. Information here gathered is based on the reports provided in
"Piano delle Acque in Sicilia" (CDEBTAS, 2007) and Brucculeri et al. (2002).
The hydro-geological features of Sicilian aquifers (figure 6) are mostly characterized by
pelitcs sediments with low permeability, consequently large areas are characterized by
local and superficial aquifers of low extension and low potentiality for productive
exploitation. These characteristics do not allow the existence of the underground
aquifers, but only of local and relatively superficial aquifers, with limited extension and
potentiality. The carbonatic hydro-geological structures, on the contrary, have good
potentialitis for productive exploitation. Figure 5
The permeable complexes, both for porosity and fissuration, are relevant from a
hydrogeological point of view. These corresponds to the most important aquifers in
terms of water productivity. Fig. 6 shows the spatial distribution of different aquifers.
The aquifers comprised in the study area of this work can be ranked (by water
productivity) as follows (Brucculeri et al. 2002).