Groundwater ecosystems are at risk in Europe and all over the world. Nevertheless, a common tool for assessing biodiversity in groundwater dependent ecosystems (GDEs) is still not available. The AQUALIFE project involved stakeholders and managers with the aim to increase awareness and conservation about GDEs. 
The main project output is the AQUALIFE Software Package, which is an innovative indicator system for the GDEs assessment.

The software provides a user-friendly toolkit for assessing: 1) the risks effectively or potentially posed to the GDE communities by chemical pollutants; 2) the hydrological/hydromorphological risks (for ecotonal GDEs, e.g. hyporheic zones and groundwater-fed springs); and 3) the conservation priorities of GDE sites based on the community composition.

It shows also the Groundwater Biodiversity Concern score: a measure of the conservation priority of a GDE site, based on the conservation value of each species composing the local community.