Acqua Grassa (Sicily, Italy)

Acqua Grassa bubbling water

Type: Bubbling Water
Description: This site is located very close to the Salinella Stadio di Paternò. It is a water spring with bubbling gas. The area belongs to the communality of Paternò and recently the site has been restored and now the spring is into an artificial pool. Access is through a gate on a parking place located just north of the old football stadium.


Point of contact for this site:
Salvatore Giammanco, salvatore.giammanco@ct.ingv.it (INGV, Catania)

No measurements available for this site.



Bibliographic references for this site

Chiodini G., Frondini F., Raco B., 1996,Diffuse emission of CO2 from the Fossa crater, Vulcano Island (Italy)., Bulletin of Volcanology, vol.58, n.1, pp. 41-50, DOI: n/a


D'Alessandro W., F. Parello, M. Valenza, 1996,Gas manifestations of Mt. Etna area: historical notices and new geochemical data (1990-93), Acta Vulcanologica, vol.8, n.1, pp. 23-29


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