1. Professor, Dept. of Engineering, Palermo Univ., Palermo 90128, Italy (corresponding author). ORCID: .
2. Professor, modelEAU, Département de génie civil et de génie des eaux, Université Laval, 1065, avenue de la Médecine, Québec, QC, Canada G1V 0A6.
3. Professor, Advanced Water Management Centre, Univ. of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.