Abstract

The article presents an review of reserchs of the chemical composition of surface water in Ukraine from the beginning of systematic research in the first half of the twentieth century and to this day (1920-2020). Four characteristic chronological periods in the history of hydrochemical studies in Ukraine are identified. First period (1920s – 1950s) – the beginning of systematic hydrochemical studies of surface waters. Second period (1950s – 1970s) – the expansion of hydrochemical research to meet the needs of water and hydropower construction, the development of hydrochemistry of reservoirs. Third period (1970s – at the beginning of the 2000s) – development of integrated hydrochemical studies in the context of a growing anthropogenic load on water bodies; creation of a system of hydrochemical monitoring of water bodies within the framework of the national system of monitoring and environmental control. Fourth period (after the beginning of the 2000s) – reformatting of hydrochemical studies (monitoring systems) to the requirements of the European Union Water Framework Directive. The article also describes the scientific hydrochemical schools: Institute of Hydrobiology, NAS of Ukraine; Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv; Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute of the SES of Ukraine and NAS of Ukraine

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