Electric Resistivity Tomographies on the Pilot Location of the MD Demo Draz Municipality as a Contribution to Wetlands Restoration

The article presents the results obtained within the DaWetRest project, which focuses on wetlands preservation and restoration along the Danube River, ranging on three demonstrator sites: the Middle Danube Demo (MD DEMO located in Croatia), the Lower Danube Demo (LD DEMO, located in Bulgaria) and the Danube Delta Demo (DD DEMO-located in Romania). The project aims to provide insight into nature-based solutions, ecological characteristics, hydrology, water quality, vegetation, wildlife, soil, land use and other factors that represent a relevant contribution to the restoration efforts and it contributes to the wetland restoration using concreate hydro-technical measures for ecosystem improvement. This study presents the initial results from in situ applied geophysics, where Electric Resistivity Tomographies (ERT) were applied on the MD Demo (main pilot site in the Municipality of Draž, Croatia) which represents the flood area, located east of the Danube River embankment of the State border. This geophysical surveys represents an exploratory approach that aims to contribute for a better understanding and knowledge on groundwater resources and quality through the determination of potential aquifer areas from main geological features of the area of interest and also as a potential contribution to establish carbon sequestration areas.