ADVANCED SURFACE WATER QUALITY MONITORING IN THE PROTECTED AREAS OF EASTERN SERBIA

Year 2011, Volume: 1 Issue: 1, 1 - 6, 23.07.2016

Dejan Vasovic Miomir Stankovic

Abstract

Water is a complex issue embedding different disciplines from biology, chemistry, physics, law, economics, and politics. However, water quality is affected by many other factors. It’s very important to have a holistic approach to do a better assessment and management of a catchment. Previous research and evaluation of anthropogenous effects of discharged wastewater conducted in eastern Serbia, clearly indicates a necessity of advanced surface water quality system development. As the starting point of this research, the protected areas within Studena river basin were chosen. Besides theirs importance as protected areas, abovementioned sites are of tremendous significance for regional water supply system. The biggest water supply sources from which city of Niš is supplied with drinking water are located in this area. Those sources consist of three smaller capped springs, with the flow capacity up to 400 l/s. The paper provides an overview of the necessary activities: • identification of tracking changes indicators of the quality of surface waters in the protected areas, • establishment of standardized water quality monitoring in the areas, in compliance with the EU directives in this domain, • realization of interoperability with information systems used by decision makers, as well by institutions involved in the process of water quality control and preservation

Keywords

surface water quality, monitoring, protected areas

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