Bolsena Lago d’Europa – Association for the protection of the lake

Bolsena Lago d’Europa

Association for the protection of the lake

The lake’s condition

Lake Bolsena is beautiful but also very vulnerable. What is its current condition?

Waste water

Nowadays the lake basin’s sewer system isn’t working well. What are its conditions precisely? What can we do?

Agriculture

Farming is an important activity in the territories surrounding Lake Bolsena and is a source of many quality products.

Geothermal energy

There are many geothermal projects currently underway around the lake. What do they involve? Do they create any risks?

Motorboats

Each form of navigation has different consequences for the health of the lake. Let’s see how and why.

Eutrophication

In Lake Bolsena the eutrophication process has begun. What does that mean? What can we do to stop it?

Swimming conditions

The lake’s inviting waters are for everyone to enjoy. Let’s protect their quality.

Natura 2000

Lake Bolsena is an important site on the Nature 2000 European network. What is it all about? What measures are being taken to safeguard the area?

Fishing

Since ancient times, fishing has been a key productive activity in the area. What are the issues which are relevant today?

Tourism

Tourism plays an important role together with the other activities of the area. What’s its future?

Education

“Learning about the lake”, our educational project: The best way to protect the lake is to make sure that future generations learn to love it early on.

Legislation

In case of emergency, what legal provisions exist to protect the lake?

Bio-district

Let’s all come to an agreement for sustainable governance of the land.

Lake Bolsena is very beautiful, but also very vulnerable. We are a group of European citizens committed to its protection.

News

A large mass of water flows to the sea

A local newspaper reports that about a week ago, ARDIS (the Regional Agency for Soil Protection, dissolved 15 years ago) immediately opened the Marta River sluice gates at the request...

Lake Bolsena: Updates on recent monitoring

The association measures monthly, depending on depth, the temperature, conductivity, oxygen concentration, and chlorophyll concentration of the water, using a multiparameter probe. The transparency of the surface layers is measured...

Lake Bolsena, because you are a special being, we will take care of you

For over 20 years, the association “Lake Bolsena ” has been regularly monitoring the key physical and chemical parameters of the water to determine the lake’s trophic level and its...

Goodbye common water?

The sale to private investors of 40% of Talete, the public company that manages the water supply in Tuscia, and thus one of our most precious common resources—water, seems inevitable....

History repeats itself – pesticides on the shores of the lake

Recently, a large field separated from the lake only by the dirt road of Cavaiano in the municipality of Capodimonte, was treated with pesticides. The repeated rains of this period...

Safe travels, Piero!

Piero Bruni left us on August 23. His commitment to the Lake began almost 60 years ago, when he participated in the establishment of a local section of Italia Nostra....

Asphalting by the lake: update and observations

Numerous concerned citizens contacted us at the beginning of July to clarify the project for the cycle path in the municipality of Gradoli. We have requested access to the files...

The waters of the lake, public or private?

The question of the privatisation of Talete and of the water service in the Viterbo area is current and still unresolved (more…)

The drought and the lake

In a recent article, the Osservatorio Ambientale del Lago di Bolsena analysed the impact of this year’s drought on the lake. We’ll summarise the main points. (more…)

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A didactic project

Learning about the lake”, our educational project: The best way to protect the lake is to make sure that future generations learn to love it early on.

Bio-district

Let’s all come to an agreement for sustainable governance of the land.

Monitoring

The "Associazione Lago di Bolsena" carries out monthly pelagic monitoring of temperature and oxygen with a multi-parameter probe.

Our subjects

the most important for the protection of the lake

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Waste water

Nowadays the lake basin’s sewer system isn’t working well. What are its conditions precisely? What can we do?
Read more

Waste water
Agriculture

Farming is an important activity in the territories surrounding Lake Bolsena and is a source of many quality products.
Read more

Agriculture
Geothermal energy

There are many geothermal projects currently underway around the lake. What do they involve? Do they create any risks?
Read more

Geothermal energy