Environmental assessment of pollution with detergents in the Prut River Basin, Romania
Journal Title: Advances in Environmental Sciences - International Journal of the Bioflux Society - Year 2011, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
This study focuses onto the assessment of the impacts and associated risks posed onto natural water bodies by detergent-containing wastewaters in the Prut river basin in North-Eastern Romania. The focus of this assessment on detergents as a specific wastewater component is motivated by the environmental hazards that detergents cause when entering natural eco-systems, as well as by the rapid development of the living conditions in the studied area. The assessment of environmental impacts and associated risks is performed using a methodology that considers risk as a function of risk magnitude (environmental impacts) and the probability of occurrence. The assessment focuses onto four types of activities (industry, wastewater treatment plants - WWTPs, municipalities and services) in four counties of the Prut River Basin and it is based on surface water quality data that was collected in 2007. The results have shown that the highest impacts and associated risks are present in Vaslui and Galati counties (the southest part of the Prut river basin) mostly because of the high probabilities that polluting agents would exceed the maximum allowed concentrations for detergents.
Authors and Affiliations
Claudia Cojocariu, Brînduşa Robu, George Barjoveanu, Carmen Teodosiu
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