ASSESSMENT OF WATER QUALITY DURING THE FLOODS IN MAY 2014, SERBIA
Floods are considered to be the most common natural disaster which causes more destructive effects than other natural disasters including loss of human life, property and infrastructure damage, as well as a negative impact on social and economic development. Besides these consequences, floods also a...
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Geographical Institute "Jovan Cvijić" SASA
2020-12-01
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| description | Floods are considered to be the most common natural disaster which causes more destructive effects than other natural disasters including loss of human life, property and infrastructure damage, as well as a negative impact on social and economic development. Besides these consequences, floods also affect water quality. The aim of this paper is to present water quality impairment caused by the floods in Serbia in May 2014. The parameters of water quality were measured 13 times in 2014 (12 ordinary monthly measurements and one extraordinary measurement during the flood) in hydrological stations Ostružnica and Šabac (on the river Sava) and Badovinci (on the river Drina). The Canadian Water Quality Index (CWQI) was used for water quality assessment. This method calculates the overall water quality and the water quality for specific conditions and purposes including: drinking, aquatic habitats, recreation, irrigation, and livestock. Water quality decline was recorded in all the stations in overall water quality as well as for specific uses. Turbidity and heavy metals values were tens of times higher than normal ranges. The most drastic example was Al with the values which were thousand(s) of times higher than the objective. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6b62e5619b3d4878860be03e018641b92023-11-02T00:24:12ZengGeographical Institute "Jovan Cvijić" SASAZbornik Radova: Geografski institut "Jovan Cvijić"0350-75991821-28082020-12-0170310.2298/IJGI2003215JASSESSMENT OF WATER QUALITY DURING THE FLOODS IN MAY 2014, SERBIADejana Jakovljević0Geographical Institute ''Jovan Cvijić'' SASA, BelgradeFloods are considered to be the most common natural disaster which causes more destructive effects than other natural disasters including loss of human life, property and infrastructure damage, as well as a negative impact on social and economic development. Besides these consequences, floods also affect water quality. The aim of this paper is to present water quality impairment caused by the floods in Serbia in May 2014. The parameters of water quality were measured 13 times in 2014 (12 ordinary monthly measurements and one extraordinary measurement during the flood) in hydrological stations Ostružnica and Šabac (on the river Sava) and Badovinci (on the river Drina). The Canadian Water Quality Index (CWQI) was used for water quality assessment. This method calculates the overall water quality and the water quality for specific conditions and purposes including: drinking, aquatic habitats, recreation, irrigation, and livestock. Water quality decline was recorded in all the stations in overall water quality as well as for specific uses. Turbidity and heavy metals values were tens of times higher than normal ranges. The most drastic example was Al with the values which were thousand(s) of times higher than the objective.http://ojs.gi.sanu.ac.rs/index.php/zbornik/article/view/228Canadian Water Quality IndexfloodsRiver DrinaRiver SavaSerbia |
| spellingShingle | Dejana Jakovljević ASSESSMENT OF WATER QUALITY DURING THE FLOODS IN MAY 2014, SERBIA Zbornik Radova: Geografski institut "Jovan Cvijić" Canadian Water Quality Index floods River Drina River Sava Serbia |
| title | ASSESSMENT OF WATER QUALITY DURING THE FLOODS IN MAY 2014, SERBIA |
| title_full | ASSESSMENT OF WATER QUALITY DURING THE FLOODS IN MAY 2014, SERBIA |
| title_fullStr | ASSESSMENT OF WATER QUALITY DURING THE FLOODS IN MAY 2014, SERBIA |
| title_full_unstemmed | ASSESSMENT OF WATER QUALITY DURING THE FLOODS IN MAY 2014, SERBIA |
| title_short | ASSESSMENT OF WATER QUALITY DURING THE FLOODS IN MAY 2014, SERBIA |
| title_sort | assessment of water quality during the floods in may 2014 serbia |
| topic | Canadian Water Quality Index floods River Drina River Sava Serbia |
| url | http://ojs.gi.sanu.ac.rs/index.php/zbornik/article/view/228 |
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