Abstract
The Water Framework Directive of the European Union (WFD) adopted in year 2000. outlines number of water policy and management actions, where monitoring is of primary importance. Following WFD principles Serbia adopted new legislation in water sector aiming to conserve or achieve good ecological, chemical and quantitative status of water resources. Serbia, as most of the countries of former Yugoslavia mostly uses groundwater for drinking water supply (over 75%). However, the current situation in monitoring of groundwater quality and quantity is far from satisfactory. Several hundred piezometers for observation of groundwater level under auspices of the Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia are located mostly in alluviums of major rivers, while some 70 piezometers are used by the Serbian Environmental Protection Agency for controlling groundwater quality. Currently only 20% of delineated groundwater bodies are under observation. This paper evaluates current conditions and proposes to expand national monitoring network to cover most of groundwater bodies or their groups, to raise number of observation points to a density of ca. 1 object /200 km2 and to include as much as possible actual waterworks in this network. Priority in selecting sites for new observation piezometers or springs has to be given to groundwater bodies under threats, either to their water reserves or their water chemical quality. For the former, an assessment of available renewable reserves versus exploitation capacity is needed, while to estimate pressures on water quality, the best way is to compare aquifers? vulnerability against anthropogenic (diffuse and punctual) hazards.
Highlights
The complex geology of Serbia and adjacent areas has produced hydrogeological heterogeneity and considerable variety in aquifer systems and groundwater distribution
Consistent WFD implementation and the setting up of a new groundwater monitoring network in Serbia are extremely important for improving knowledge about groundwater resources and their active protection
As an EU member-candidate, Serbia declared its commitment to the WFD back in 2003, but primarily a lack of funds and still unregulated water user obligations have lead to an unsatisfactory state of affairs in the most part support drinking water supplies and are the monitoring of groundwater resources, which for used by some 75% of Serbia’s population
Summary
This paper evaluates current conditions and proposes to expand national monitoring network to cover most of groundwater bodies or their groups, to raise number of observation points to a density of ca. Priority in selecting sites for new observation piezometers or springs has to be given to groundwater bodies under threats, either to their water reserves or their water chemical quality. For the former, an assessment of available renewable reserves versus exploitation capacity is needed, while to estimate pressures on water quality, the best way is to compare aquifers’ vulnerability against anthropogenic (diffuse and punctual) hazards. Тренутно се само око 20% од укупног броја издвојених водних тела налази под мониторингом режима квалитета и квантитета подземне воде. Кључне речи: мониторинг, подземне воде, „добар“ статус, Оквирна директива ЕУ о водама, Србија
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