Potentialities and achievements of data-driven approach to groundwater dynamic analysis

The study of the dynamics of groundwater system, as response to rainfall supply, is a hot topic. In fact, physically based model are often not fully satisfactory and difficult to be made up. The use of a data-driven technique returning reliable models, as explicit equations, can be a powerful tool for groundwater management, but also to understand the behavior of the aquifer. Here potentialities and achievements of this kind of methods are presented, in particular focusing on some recent experiences for porous and karst aquifer in Apulia and Basilicata regions.