Effects of water level management on lake littorals and downstream river areas

Abstract

The Interreg “Parks Verbano Ticino” (PVT) project was conceived within the technical committee dedicated to the “Experimentation of the regulation of the Lake Maggiore levels” following the requests of the water manager to raise the spring-summer maximum levels of the lake compared to the levels normally held in the same period to respond to the industrial, agricultural, touristic, and environmental needs...