AcquaCheck - MARISTANIS

Some studies indicate that Italian hotels consume between 500 and 650 liters of water per presence, more than double that of the civilian sector.

Tourism can therefore have a significant impact on water resources, especially in the coastal areas of the Mediterranean regions, where water resources have always been scarce, due to recurring periods of drought and today are at risk from the consequences of climate change.

In Sardinia, in the tourist areas, the population reaches fivefold in the summer, but the water resources remain unchanged and are those that are collected in the artificial basins in winter and spring.

However, climate change makes rainfall uncertain and the risk of having to undergo restrictions on supply is high, with considerable inconvenience for both the population and agriculture and tourists.

In these cases, the use of groundwater increases, with an increase in groundwater salinization, a widespread and worrying phenomenon. Water bodies, including coastal wetlands, are at the expense of this, as they find themselves not receiving sufficient supplies from either surface or groundwater.

We must all therefore become more virtuous.

Acqua Check is an app that allows hospitality managers to evaluate the benefits of investing in water-saving appliances and devices. Acqua Check needs some information about the appliances and devices that use water in your facility to calculate how much you could save by consuming less water. Acqua Check is able to tell you how much it costs you and how quickly you recover the investment and how much water and money you save.

This application was developed by the MEDSEA Foundation within the MARISTANIS Project, co-financed by the MAVA Foundation, dedicated to the protection and sustainable development of the wetlands of Oristano, recognized as areas of international environmental value and protected by the Ramsar Convention.