RESWATER presented preliminary research at the 2026 Italian Hydrology Days in Florence, exploring how green roofs and rainwater harvesting systems can work together to improve urban water resilience.
The RESWATER project took part in the 2026 Italian Hydrology Days (Giornate dell’Idrologia) in Florence, presenting a preliminary study on how green roofs and rainwater harvesting can be combined to improve both runoff mitigation and the reuse of non-conventional water.
The Italian Hydrology Days are the annual conference of the Italian Hydrological Society. The 2026 edition was held in Florence from 29 June to 1 July, sixty years after the 1966 flood, and brought together more than one hundred participants from across Italy. The event engaged the hydrological research community alongside national and regional bodies responsible for water resource management.
During the event, RESWATER presented a study on the integration of green roofs and rainwater harvesting systems, setting out operational strategies to maximise their retention capacity. The approach has a twofold aim: reducing runoff during intense rainfall and recovering a non-conventional water resource that can be reused.
The work marks the start of the modelling of the integrated system that will soon be implemented within the project. It was presented by Elena Cristiano from the University of Cagliari, the Italian partner of RESWATER, together with O. Boulariah, H. Galavi, R. Deidda and F. Viola.
By sharing these early results with the Italian hydrological community, RESWATER is strengthening knowledge exchange on resilient urban water management across the Mediterranean.
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01/09/2026
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