Abstract
The water quality assessment of Arges River and its tributary Dambovita River is presented in this paper as second part of an extended study on the evaluation of some freshwater resources quality located in Bucharest and surrounding areas [1]. This case study was carried out mainly for the water in the confluence area of Arges and Dambovita rivers, where a water and sediment sampling campaign was organized in June 2018. 21 quality parameters were determined for water samples and for the sediment samples the heavy metals content was evaluated. The results of the water samples analysis allowed the framing in quality classes, and for sediment samples the values obtained were compared with the chemical quality standards for sediments, according to the current national regulations. Following the assessment, it was established that the freshwaters in both Arge� River and Dambovita River, downstream the confluence with the Dambovita River are loaded with different pollutants, such as organic substances and nutrients leading to a lower water quality classification.
Highlights
The water quality assessment of Arges River and its tributary Dambovita River is presented in this paper as second part of an extended study on the evaluation of some freshwater resources quality located in Bucharest and surrounding areas [1]
An extended study on evaluation of the freshwater resources quality in some Bucharest and surrounding areas was performed in order to establish the freshwater quality classes in accordance to the provisions of the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) 2000/60/electrical conductivity (EC) [21] which has been implemented in Romanian regulations [22]
Arges and Dambovita Rivers, has been assessed at their confluence area using physicochemical parameters according to the national regulations
Summary
The water quality assessment of Arges River and its tributary Dambovita River is presented in this paper as second part of an extended study on the evaluation of some freshwater resources quality located in Bucharest and surrounding areas [1]. This paper is the Part II which presents the water quality assessment of Arges and Dambovita rivers at their confluence area through the physicochemical parameters according to national current regulations.
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