Download or read book Water Pollution Control in the Danube Basin written by M. Miloradov and published by Elsevier Science & Technology. This book was released on 1990 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The intensive industrialization and urban development of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe have imposed great demands on the Danube as a major water resource and subjected it to heavy pollution of all types. The Novi Sad conference was held in order to consider problems and trends in water quality, to examine the impact of hydraulic engineering projects (including interactions between water and sediments in the natural channels and storage reservoirs) and to study the effects of chemical, thermal and radioactive industrial pollution. The 39 papers in this volume provide an authoritative picture of the problems and potential strategies confronting the countries of the Danube Basin. The volume also includes the Conclusions and Recommendations adopted by the scientists, engineers and other experts who gathered at this conference to try to ensure a cleaner future for the Danube.
Download or read book Water Quality in the Danube River Basin written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Water pollution in the Danube river basin originates from various sources such as households, industrial installations and agriculture. Under the 2000 water framework directive, Member States adopt river basin management plans which have to include measures to combat this pollution. The Court examined whether the Member States' implementation of the measures of the 2009 plans led to an improvement in water quality."--Publisher's description.
Download or read book Protecting Danube River Basin Resources written by I.L. Murphy and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eastern and Western, NATO partner and member country specialists discuss recent accomplishments in the sharing of timely, accurate data and information to protect the water resources of the Danube Basin, a strategic region shared by two Western and 11 former Communist countries. An International Commission, continuing the work of an ad hoc environmental management programme, is expected to take over in 1997 and may well adopt the recommendations of this timely workshop. These recommendations include the establishment of a central source of water quality data and information on levels of pollution, government standards and their enforcement, NGO environmental groups, and other programmes and policies. The editor, Dr. Irene Lyons Murphy, received support from the United States Institute of Peace during 1995- a study of the cooperative management of Danube River resources which began with the end of the Cold War. It analyzes the development and ratification of the Danube River Protection Convention and other aspects of joint pro-environment activities from 1991 to 1996. Its title The Danube: A River Basin in Transition is to be published in early 1997. Users, investors in new and/or joint business ventures, national and international governments, research scientists, the media, NGOs and the general public will be served on the Internet and through the distribution of CD-ROM and diskettes.
Download or read book International Conference on Water Pollution Control in the Basin of the River Danube written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Danube River Basin written by Igor Liska and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-14 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers a comprehensive review of the chemical, biological and hydromorphological quality of the Danube. The first part examines the chemical pollution of surface waters, focusing on organic compounds (with special emphasis given to EU WFD priority substances and Danube River Basin specific pollutants), heavy metals and nutrients. Attention is also given to pollution of groundwater and drinking water resources by hazardous substances and to radioactivity in the Danube. The second part highlights the biology and hydromorphology of the Danube. It focuses on benthic macroinvertebrates, phytobenthos, macrophytes, fish, phytoplankton as well as microbiology, with chapters dedicated to gaps and uncertainties in the ecological status assessment and to invasive alien species. Further chapters dealing with the hydromorphology, sediment management and isotope hydrology complete the overall picture of the status of the Danube.
Download or read book River Basin Management written by John Lawson and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-05-31 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: River Basin Management is a collection of papers presented at a conference on implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive, held in Budapest in May 2005. The Water Framework Directive requires progressive protection and enhancement to rivers, lakes, estuaries, coastal waters and wetlands by the year 2015. At the heart of this major new piece of legislation is the requirement for all EU member states to prepare river basin management plans for all river basin catchments, providing the basis for coordinated improvements to water management, leading to better water quality and sustainable aquatic environments in lakes and rivers. The papers cover a wide range of topics including pilot studies for the development of river basin management plans, public participation in the planning process, water quality monitoring, modeling and analysis, identifying and addressing pollution and meeting environmental objectives. The book presents an array of experience from eighteen European countries in the implementation of the EU’s most far reaching environmental legislation. It is an invaluable source of information and ideas for the widespread preparation of river basin management plans now starting throughout Europe.
Download or read book River Pollution Control written by M. J. Stiff and published by Water Research Centre. This book was released on 1980 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Water Quality Monitoring Design of the Danube River Basin written by Peter I. Iliev and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The following study focuses on Danube River water quality issues of the Central and Eastern European (CEE) Danubian region, which is under great pressure from a diverse range of human activities. Urban populations are gathering pollution due to the legacy of past policies that favored water supply over sewer construction and treatment. This led to inadequate waste water treatment and solid waste disposal facilities causing serious water pollution problems. Modernization and intensification of agricultural practices and animal husbandry produces major surface water non point source pollution. Inadequate attention to the environmental impacts of industry, agriculture and urbanization has resulted in signifant Danube River water pollution not only at the local level, but at the international level as well. All this requires a basin-wide approach to water quality management, beginning with an adequately designed international monitoring program. The Central and Easter Danubian countries have been collecting water quality data for some time, but it is often inadequate to be used as information in formulating related policies. The goal of this research is to increase the informational content of the available water quality assessment data leading to the design of an improved monitoring network, capable of supporting better water quality management in the Danube region. ... "--leaf i
Download or read book Water Scenarios for the Danube River Basin written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We present the outcomes of a foresight study aimed at identifying the emerging challenges for water management in the Danube region, considering a set of possible future socioeconomic and political scenarios. For each scenario, we analyse the possible implications for key water management issues (wastewater treatment, diffuse pollution and hydromorphological alteration). Based on this analysis, we identify possible no-regret actions to adopt in the Danube region in order to improve water management in the long-term, along the three main lines: 1) Developing effective communities. 2) Basin-wide integration of the management of certain issues. 3) Bringing nature protection to the core of strategies. Sharing and strengthening capacity at various levels of water management is a precondition to avoid marginalization and impoverishment of regions within the Danube. Education of the youth in schools and universities (including through student exchanges and harmonization of educational programmes) is essential to create a more ecologically aware society.
Download or read book Water Pollution Control written by Richard Helmer and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1997-10-02 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a handbook for policy makers and environmental managers in water authorities and engineering companies engaged in water quality programmes, especially in developing countries. It is also suitable for use as a textbook or as training material for water quality management courses. It is a companion volume to Water Quality Assessment and Water Quality Monitoring.
Download or read book The Danube A River Basin in Transition written by I.L. Murphy and published by Springer. This book was released on 1997-06-30 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International river basins first captured my interest while I worked on water resource issues in the US Department of the Interior during the 1970s and '80s. I was especially intrigued with the way the US resolved long and recurring disputes with Mexico over the shared use of the Colorado River. The elements of decision making common to basins throughout the world were present in these transboundary conflicts and their resolution. In 1985 I began collaborating with Dr. Eleonora Sabadell, who was then a specialist in water resources at George Washington University and who is now with the US National Science Foundation, on analyses of several international river basin agreements. The work combined her expertise as a civil engineer and mine as a political scientist and practicing policy analyst. We wrote articles, participated in panel sessions, and in 1986 directed an international workshop at IIASA in Laxenburg, Austria. By no means ready to retire in 1989 I nevertheless began to think of leaving Interior to spend full time exploring the challenge, and intrinsic value, of transboundary river basin agreements. I applied for a Fulbright research grant to develop for the Danube River Basin one of the most needed tools for successful management of an international river, a basin-wide information system. My proposal, for nine-months' study at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, was filed with the Fulbright Program on September 1, 1989.
Download or read book The Danube written by Libor Jansky and published by UNU. This book was released on 2004 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the dispute between Hungary and Slovakia over a hydro-electric project on the Danube, this volume discusses environmental monitoring programmes and their usefulness in resolving transboundary water conflicts.
Download or read book Management of Large River Basins written by J. M. Tyson and published by IWA Publishing (International Water Assoc). This book was released on 1999 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The river basin continues to be seen as the best basis for the management of the water environment. Water resources and receiving water impacts urban and rural environments, diffuse and point-source pollution- in the context of the river basin there is the prospect of a rational balancing of competing and interacting elements. Much exciting research on catchment management has been carried out in Central and Eastern Europe in recent years, which led to the 8th conference of IAWQ's River Basin Management Specialist Group being held in Budapest to disseminate the knowledge and experience of some of the world?s leading experts. Anyone who is involved in carrying out research or implementing river basin management strategies will find these proceedings an excellent source of information and insight. Amongst the 26 papers selected for these proceedings, work on the Danube Basin features strongly, but papers from the rest of the world are also well represented, with papers on: Policy Management and legislation Nutrients balances Catchment management Water quality modelling.
Download or read book Monitoring of Surface Water Status in the Lower Danube Basin written by Igor Cretescu and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water pollution demands emergency actions for better water resource management to respect the concept of sustainable development. The aim of the Water Framework Directive, as long-term water policy of the European Union, is to assure the good quality of surface waters. Each state from Europe has to identify all the river basins lying within their national territory and to assign them to individual river basin districts. In this respect, an effective integrated system and monitoring technology, analysing, interpreting data and utilizing the results to make decisions related to the water resources protection, were developed. The main objectives are focused on the expansion of monitoring activities and obtaining more detailed information on the state of surface waters. Specific recommended equipment which enables to perform the analysis of recommended water quality parameters should be placed on the monitoring stations of the Lower Danube Basin. Respectively, this lack of equipment provides a challenge in the development of effective methodologies for collection and analysis of water quality data. The main priority was the development of an integrated water catchment area management strategy and to build up the online continuous monitoring system. Some of the technical goals for continuous water monitoring were reached in Hungary and Romania and are presented here.
Download or read book Transboundary Water Resources Management written by Jacques Ganoulis and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world facing a growing water crisis, conflicts regarding water sharing and environmental issues are expected to grow, especially in transboundary river basins, where 40% of the world's population lives. This book represents one of the first attempts to bring together methodologies and analytical tools from socio-economic, international policy, engineering, and water management specialists dealing with transboundary water resources. The book is divided into three parts. Part I introduces state--of-the-art concepts in institutional policy and conflict analysis. Part II presents engineering approaches and models for transboundary water management and conflict resolution. Part III analyzes cases in international river basins and enclosed seas.
Download or read book The Multi Governance of Water written by Matthias Finger and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the governance of transboundary rivers becomes a subject of growing importance due to the increasing pressure on freshwater resources, this timely collection examines water scarcity and efforts to better manage rivers and river basins. Most specialists agree that states face many institutional inadequacies when dealing with shared resources and that new governance mechanisms are needed to improve water management. Using case studies of the Aral Sea basin and the Danube, Euphrates, and Mekong river basins, the contributors develop a new approach to water governance: the concept of multi-governance, an effort to collectively solve public problems by involving a series of relevant actors from the local to the global level, such as institutions, states, civil society, and business.
Download or read book The Sava River written by Radmila Milačič and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-05 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a comprehensive overview of environmental aspects of the Sava River, which is the greatest tributary to the Danube River and the major drainage river system of South Eastern Europe. Hydroelectric power plants, river traffic, intensive agricultural activities, heavy industry and floods have considerable influence on the environment and biota in the basin. Summarizing the results that were gathered in the course of EU, bilateral and national projects, the book highlights the most important stressors and helps readers to better understand the impact of anthropogenic activities on the function of river basins. Topics include: transboundary water cooperation between the riparian countries; climate change projection, including its impact on flood hazards; evaluation of anthropogenic pollution sources; pollution of sediments, metal bioavailability and ecotoxicological and microbiological characterization of the river. The biological part also addresses quality aspects related to wildlife in river aquatic ecosystems (algae, macrophytes, zooplankton, macroinvertebrates and fish) and riparian ecosystems (amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals). The general state of biodiversity and pressures caused by invasive aquatic species are also discussed.
