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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

Work in progress – March 2020

Letter to the Lazio Region Since October 2019, we have stopped updating our “work in progress” section given that: work on the ring canal has essentially stopped the sewer system...

Official statement on the protection of the countryside and hazelnuts

The Department of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the metropolitan area of Rome, (more…)

Hazelnuts – it’s time to get serious

It comes as no surprise that the Lazio TAR has upheld the appeal against the "no hazelnuts" order of the Mayor of Grotte di Castro, given that (more…)

Fundraising update – November 2019

To date (21/11/2019) a total of € 21,743.07 has been raised in donations for opposition to TAR. The contributions to the (more…)

Sewer system emergency

Is this a sign of things to come for the entire lake?
For a week the sewage waters of Gradoli poured into an olive grove, reaching the nearby (more…)

SOS Lake. No to Geothermal energy!

Lake Bolsena has a long and rich history of struggles in defence of its health (see the biography of Piero Bruni). Never before, however, has it seen such a mobilisation as...

Work in progress – October 2019

Hopes for a rapid resolution to the problems of the wastewater treatment plant of the Lake Bolsena basin were disappointed. These hopes (more…)

Geothermal energy in Castel Giorgio: appeal to the TAR

On 31st July the Council of Ministers, despite the clear NO expressed by the regions of Umbria and Lazio, by the municipalities of the district (more…)

Work in progress – September 2019

Restoration work on the wastewater treatment plant has begun. The plant, located on the Marta river, should purify the waters of the whole (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