Wetland restoration
Po Delta Wetland Re-flooding
Po Delta·Regione Emilia-Romagna
Health impact
Qty
+5
Qlt
+6
Hab
+16
Overall
+9
€ 4.7M · 1,200 haView
Basin
Po Basin
Northern Italy · 74,500 km² · 16.0M people
Basin Health
41.9-4.7
Sentinel-2 imagerylast 90 days, lowest cloud cover
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Sentinel-2 RGB (B04/B03/B02)
Basin Health Score, pillars
Quantity, Quality, Habitat from Sentinel-2 plus ERA5 rain (SAR still out)Water quantity
EO
63.9-10.4
NDWI -0.205 (baseline -0.257) → 90/100 · NDMI 0.140 → 53/100 · Precip percentile 7th → 14/100
Water quality
EO
36flat
B04 reflectance 0.172 → turbidity 0/100 · B05/B04 ratio 1.39 → Chl-a proxy 71/100 · |NDWI−MNDWI| 0.110 → clarity 45/100
Riparian habitat
EO
17.1flat
Riparian NDVI 0.236 → 21/100 · Seasonal NDVI Δ -0.136 → 19/100 (stable=60) · Bare fraction 42.1% → 4/100
External context
Reference only, not in the three pillar scoreWithdrawal pressure
44-6
WRI Aqueduct 4.0: High baseline water stress (2.8). Agriculture accounts for ~80% of Po water use; rice irrigation (Lombardy/Piedmont) and maize under pressure in drought years.
Regulatory alignment
67+2
EU Water Framework Directive compliance reporting active; CSRD high exposure for Italian food manufacturers sourcing from Po Valley.
Index time-series
Sentinel-2 L2A · 15-day aggregation · cloud-cover ≤ 40%NDWI (water content)
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NDVI (vegetation vigour)
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NDMI (canopy moisture)
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B04 turbidity proxy
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B05/B04 Chl-a proxy
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