New Idea Proposes to Inject Seawater to Raise Venice
"The main advantage of this project is that it would allow Venice to regain ... nearly the same amount of centimeters by which it sank over the last 300 years," says Giuseppe Gambolati, head of the project.
The $117-million project entails drilling 12 holes with an 11-inch diameter within a 6-mile area around the city of Venice, and to pump sea water into the ground at a depth of 766 yards, says Gambolati, an engineer and professor at the University of Padua.