In the Holy Monastery of Simonos Petras a hydrogeological and hydrological research is curried out under the supervision of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. More specific the Laboratory of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology of the Department of Geology supports the water recourse management, the chemical laboratory and the environmental monitoring of the site in order to ensure the sustainable water supply of the Holy Monastery. The monitoring network includes meteorological stations, water flow measurements points and water quality measurements points.
The preliminary results highlighted the following issues:
- The existing spring collection system deteriorate the water quality.
- Is essential to improve and expand the existing water supply network and pipelines.
- There are not enough water cisterns to store water during drought periods.
The research concluded in a three-phase construction plan for the springs, pipelines and water cisterns.