L’ACQUA is the official journal of the Italian Hydrotechnical Association, founded in 1923. It is enterely dedicated to promote the development and the dissemination of the water culture, in its various aspects of water resources management, land protection and environmental enhancement. L’Acqua is a peer reviewed journal, which collects scientific and technical papers, written in Italian or English language, relevant to the water sector, including hydropower plants, water supply systems, urban drainage, soil conservation, irrigation, land reclamation, hydraulic defence, coastal and harbour engineering, water treatment and water infrastructures in general. Besides the engineering aspects, the journal addresses also environmental, social, economic, legal and historical issues in the water sector. ISSN 1125-1255

Editor in Chief: Armando Brath (direttore@idrotecnicaitaliana.it)

Advisory Board: Renata Archetti, Lorenzo Bardelli, Marcello Benedini, Giuseppe Bortone, Bruno Brunone, Paolo Carta, Rosella Caruana, Carlo Ciaponi, Pierluigi Claps, Maria Cristina Collivignarelli, Bernardo De Bernardinis, Paolo De Girolamo, Roberto Deidda, Vittorio Di Federico, Renato Drusiani, Giorgio Federici, Francesco Federico, Marco Franchini, Gabriele Freni, Maurizio Giugni, Andrea Goltara, Salvatore Grimaldi, Ruggiero Jappelli, Goffredo La Loggia, Stefano Lanzoni, Francesco Macchione, Beatrice Majone, Antonio Massarutto, Mario Rosario Mazzola, Giovanni Menduni, Alberto Montanari, Michele Mossa, Francesco Napolitano, Francesco Puma, Roberto Ranzi, Enrico Rolle, Giuseppe Rossi Paradiso, Paolo Salandin, Maria Giovanna Tanda, Attilio Toscano, Lucio Ubertini, Massimo Veltri, Pasquale Versace