Assessing the NBLs' values with reference to the specific issues of the groundwater bodies of the Apulia;

Testing in-field methods and protocols for groundwater sampling and protocol for the NBLs assessment in groundwater, established by the guidelines issued by the ISPRA and IRSA-CNR in collaboration with the Ministry of the Environment, in an anthropized coastal aquifer of the Apulia;

Identifying and testing in-field innovative indicators for the groundwater qualitative state assessment, based on microbiological techniques (total bacterial count, microbial activity, and bacterial community structure, etc.).