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– neutralizing the mining wastewater before spilling;
– closing the mining areas;
– applying the code of agricultural good practices to limit the pollution from pesticides, etc. [93].
There are no basic or additional measures for the groundwaters because the quantitative status of bodies of water was good. The general additional measures refer to
19 groundwater bodies with low chemical status:
– sewerage systems for agglomerations <2000 inhabitants;
– the use of action plans and of the code of agricultural good practices in the nonvulnerable areas;
– the use of ecological agriculture, the additional monitoring of the lists of hazardous/priority substances in the surface waters, the groundwaters and the wastewaters;
– studies regarding the ecological reconstruction of the former mining areas;
– the evaluation of the annual amount of contaminants and of their impact on the
quality of the water;
– the rehabilitation of the wastewater treatment stations;
– the ecological reconstruction of the polluted areas, etc.
For the transboundary groundwater bodies, there are agreements with Hungary,
Bulgaria, Serbia and the Republic of Moldova. There are no agreements with Ukraine.
The international coordination was ensured by the International Commission for the
Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) for 8 groundwater bodies considered to be
of transboundary importance [93].
The measures concerning chemical pollution refer to: (a) the reduction of pollution from priority substances and other substances in the surface waters; (b) the
preliminary regulation of the evacuations from point sources that may produce pollution; measures to prevent pollution from diffuse sources (agriculture, industry,
households); (c) prohibiting of the direct input of pollutants into the groundwaters; preventing the significant losses of pollutants from the technical installations
and preventing/reducing the impact of accidental pollutions; (d) building wastewater
treatment facilities (e) sensitizing the public opinion; (f) restoring habitats to consolidate the purification function of the natural ecosystems; preventing/reducing the
significant losses of contaminants from the technical installations; (g) improving the
sewerage system connection of human agglomerations; (h) restoring floodplains; (i)
creating buffer bands along rivers; the construction of retention basins or the modernisation of the wastewater treatment stations; (j) extending the sewerage system in
order to connect it to the industrial one; and (m) stabilizing the waste deposits, etc.
[93].
The lack of water is the most serious global issue of humankind in an early 21st
century. At the Dublin Conference on Water and the Environment (January 1992) and
at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (July 1992) the
following principles regarding water were applied: the basin principle; the principle
of unitary quantity-quality management; the principle of solidarity; the principle of
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– neutralizing the mining wastewater before spilling;
– closing the mining areas;
– applying the code of agricultural good practices to limit the pollution from pesticides, etc. [93].
There are no basic or additional measures for the groundwaters because the quantitative status of bodies of water was good. The general additional measures refer to
19 groundwater bodies with low chemical status:
– sewerage systems for agglomerations <2000 inhabitants;
– the use of action plans and of the code of agricultural good practices in the nonvulnerable areas;
– the use of ecological agriculture, the additional monitoring of the lists of hazardous/priority substances in the surface waters, the groundwaters and the wastewaters;
– studies regarding the ecological reconstruction of the former mining areas;
– the evaluation of the annual amount of contaminants and of their impact on the
quality of the water;
– the rehabilitation of the wastewater treatment stations;
– the ecological reconstruction of the polluted areas, etc.
For the transboundary groundwater bodies, there are agreements with Hungary,
Bulgaria, Serbia and the Republic of Moldova. There are no agreements with Ukraine.
The international coordination was ensured by the International Commission for the
Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) for 8 groundwater bodies considered to be
of transboundary importance [93].
The measures concerning chemical pollution refer to: (a) the reduction of pollution from priority substances and other substances in the surface waters; (b) the
preliminary regulation of the evacuations from point sources that may produce pollution; measures to prevent pollution from diffuse sources (agriculture, industry,
households); (c) prohibiting of the direct input of pollutants into the groundwaters; preventing the significant losses of pollutants from the technical installations
and preventing/reducing the impact of accidental pollutions; (d) building wastewater
treatment facilities (e) sensitizing the public opinion; (f) restoring habitats to consolidate the purification function of the natural ecosystems; preventing/reducing the
significant losses of contaminants from the technical installations; (g) improving the
sewerage system connection of human agglomerations; (h) restoring floodplains; (i)
creating buffer bands along rivers; the construction of retention basins or the modernisation of the wastewater treatment stations; (j) extending the sewerage system in
order to connect it to the industrial one; and (m) stabilizing the waste deposits, etc.
[93].
The lack of water is the most serious global issue of humankind in an early 21st
century. At the Dublin Conference on Water and the Environment (January 1992) and
at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (July 1992) the
following principles regarding water were applied: the basin principle; the principle
of unitary quantity-quality management; the principle of solidarity; the principle of