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the one related to the trend of increasing the annual and seasonal average values for
discharges for more than 50% of rivers [7]. It also highlighted the trend of increasing
the groundwater level associated with the increase of surface water from precipitation
or hydrographic network [20]. Associated with this type of analysis, the impact of
climate change on the manifestation of extreme hydrological phenomena was highlighted (associated with either maximum leakage—like flash floods and floods, or
minimum leakage spillage—like hydrological droughts) which in the last decades
imposed additional pressure on the use of water resources for economic purposes
(agricultural and energy) [1, 17, 23], and even to economic resounding bankruptcies with negative effect on the population (analyzed by Romanescu and Minea in
the chapter Drought and Insolvency: Case study of the Producer-Buyer Conflict:
Romania, the period between the year 2011–2012).
Obviously this type of analysis has been integrated with current situations related
to the manifestation of extreme hydrological phenomena or the way of capitalizing
the water resources in the cross-border basins which in the last decades have raised
particular problems. We have in mind here the issues related to Romanian Danube
River Floodplain Functionality Assessment (in the chapter written by Trifanov et al.),
the Particularities of Drain Liquid in the Small Wetland of Braila Natural Park
located in an intensely anthropic activity area over the last decades (in the chapter
written by Diaconu) and Romanian Upper Tisa Watershed (Between Water Resources
and Hydrological Hazards, in the chapter written by S , erban et al.).
On this line, the editing of the volume on Water Resources Management in Romania finds its place in the scientific approaches, by the importance of the methodologies
used and the ways of assessing the anthropogenic impact on them. All water management issues that may occur in a country could not be covered, but important steps
have been taken to align with European standards for monitoring, evaluation and
management of this type of resource [3, 24, 28].
One of the main issues that remain unresolved is the reduction of water resource
monitoring points, both in quantitative and qualitative terms. This will help to increase
the evaluation of the anthropogenic impact on the quantity and quality of water
resources by uncontrolled volumes of water both from the surface (rivers, lakes) or
underground (hydrogeological drillings or individual wells), or by domestic waste
water or agro-industrial origin intake [21, 29, 37].
In this respect, a number of recommendations are required which can be included
in the future water resource management plans. The first recommendation is related
to identifying the possibilities for increasing qualitative and quantitative monitoring points. This was done partially at the level of the various basin administrations
by the introduction of automatic monitoring stations, which are insufficient and do
not adequately cover the entire territory of the country. Many of these stations have
been located in areas vulnerable to extreme hydrological events such as flash floods
and floods, but supplementing these numbers can bring a surplus of vital information
during the occurrence of these hydrological phenomena [13, 16]. At the same time, it
is necessary to implement water quality monitoring systems especially around large
urban agglomerations and to support investments in the refurbishment and construction of treatment plants to reduce the anthropic pollution degree [30, 31] In parallel,
I. Minea et al.
the one related to the trend of increasing the annual and seasonal average values for
discharges for more than 50% of rivers [7]. It also highlighted the trend of increasing
the groundwater level associated with the increase of surface water from precipitation
or hydrographic network [20]. Associated with this type of analysis, the impact of
climate change on the manifestation of extreme hydrological phenomena was highlighted (associated with either maximum leakage—like flash floods and floods, or
minimum leakage spillage—like hydrological droughts) which in the last decades
imposed additional pressure on the use of water resources for economic purposes
(agricultural and energy) [1, 17, 23], and even to economic resounding bankruptcies with negative effect on the population (analyzed by Romanescu and Minea in
the chapter Drought and Insolvency: Case study of the Producer-Buyer Conflict:
Romania, the period between the year 2011–2012).
Obviously this type of analysis has been integrated with current situations related
to the manifestation of extreme hydrological phenomena or the way of capitalizing
the water resources in the cross-border basins which in the last decades have raised
particular problems. We have in mind here the issues related to Romanian Danube
River Floodplain Functionality Assessment (in the chapter written by Trifanov et al.),
the Particularities of Drain Liquid in the Small Wetland of Braila Natural Park
located in an intensely anthropic activity area over the last decades (in the chapter
written by Diaconu) and Romanian Upper Tisa Watershed (Between Water Resources
and Hydrological Hazards, in the chapter written by S , erban et al.).
On this line, the editing of the volume on Water Resources Management in Romania finds its place in the scientific approaches, by the importance of the methodologies
used and the ways of assessing the anthropogenic impact on them. All water management issues that may occur in a country could not be covered, but important steps
have been taken to align with European standards for monitoring, evaluation and
management of this type of resource [3, 24, 28].
One of the main issues that remain unresolved is the reduction of water resource
monitoring points, both in quantitative and qualitative terms. This will help to increase
the evaluation of the anthropogenic impact on the quantity and quality of water
resources by uncontrolled volumes of water both from the surface (rivers, lakes) or
underground (hydrogeological drillings or individual wells), or by domestic waste
water or agro-industrial origin intake [21, 29, 37].
In this respect, a number of recommendations are required which can be included
in the future water resource management plans. The first recommendation is related
to identifying the possibilities for increasing qualitative and quantitative monitoring points. This was done partially at the level of the various basin administrations
by the introduction of automatic monitoring stations, which are insufficient and do
not adequately cover the entire territory of the country. Many of these stations have
been located in areas vulnerable to extreme hydrological events such as flash floods
and floods, but supplementing these numbers can bring a surplus of vital information
during the occurrence of these hydrological phenomena [13, 16]. At the same time, it
is necessary to implement water quality monitoring systems especially around large
urban agglomerations and to support investments in the refurbishment and construction of treatment plants to reduce the anthropic pollution degree [30, 31] In parallel,