Groundwater Management in the East of the European Union: Transboundary Strategies for Sustainable Use and Protection of Resources

Cover......Page 1
NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security......Page 2
Groundwater Management\rin the East of the European\rUnion......Page 3
ISBN 9789048195336 (HB)......Page 4
Acknowledgements......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Contributors......Page 10
1 Introduction......Page 14
2 Bug Basin Characteristics......Page 15
3 Groundwater Characteristics......Page 17
4 International Acts......Page 19
6 NATO Project Background......Page 21
7 Transboundary Groundwater Management in East of EU......Page 23
8 Conclusion......Page 25
Reference......Page 26
Further Perspectives of the Project “Sustainable Use and Protection of Groundwater Resources – Transboundary Water Management......Page 28
1 Introduction......Page 34
2 Legal Background......Page 35
3 Water Resources of Poland......Page 38
4 Groundwater Monitoring......Page 40
5 Summary......Page 42
References......Page 43
2 Major Functions......Page 46
3 Groundwater and Ecomonitoring......Page 49
4 Legislative Base......Page 50
6 Research and Information Activities......Page 51
7 International Cooperation......Page 52
2 Resources......Page 54
3 Exploitation of the Groundwater and Its State in Existing Water Intakes......Page 55
2 A Review of the Groundwater Monitoring System......Page 64
3 State Groundwater Monitoring......Page 65
4 Conclusions......Page 68
References......Page 70
1 Introduction......Page 72
2 General Principles of Cooperation on Border Waters......Page 73
3 Recommendations for Transboundary Cooperation on Groundwater......Page 75
4 Conclusion......Page 78
Hydrogeological Problems of the Carpathian Region in the Liviv Province......Page 80
1 Introduction......Page 84
2.1 The Carpathian Foredeep......Page 86
3.1 Common Water......Page 91
3.1.2 Sub-quaternary Aquifer......Page 92
3.2 Mineral Water......Page 95
4 Usage of Mineral Curative Water......Page 96
4.2 Rymanów Zdrój......Page 97
4.4 Horyniec Zdrój......Page 98
6 Closing Remarks......Page 99
References......Page 100
1 Introduction......Page 104
2.1 Green Lungs of Europe......Page 105
3 An Outline of the Geological Structure and Hydrogeological Conditions......Page 109
4 Organisation of the Transboundary Groundwater Monitoring Network......Page 110
6 Groundwater Level and Quality Monitoring......Page 112
7 Conclusion......Page 115
References......Page 117
Preliminary Assumptions for Transboundary Monitoring (on the Polish Side)......Page 120
References......Page 126
Abstract......Page 128
1 Introduction......Page 129
2.1 Immediate Surface Water Quality Problems/Pollution from Point Sources......Page 130
2.1.1 Point Sources of Ukrainian Part of WBRB......Page 131
Industrial “Hot Spots”......Page 134
Mining “Hot Spots”......Page 135
Environmental Problems Associated with the Coal Mining Industry......Page 136
2.1.2 Point Sources of Polish Part of WBRB......Page 137
2.2 Pollution from Diffuse Sources......Page 138
2.4 Hydrological Issues......Page 139
2.5 Groundwater Contamination Problems......Page 140
3.1 Methodology for Identification and Prioritization of Pollution Hot Spots......Page 141
3.3 Preliminary Screening of Hot Spots......Page 142
5 Conclusion......Page 144
Abbreviations......Page 145
References......Page 146
1.1 General Characteristics......Page 148
1.3 Water Use Characteristics1......Page 150
1.4 Sources of Pollution and Water Quality in the Bug River Basin2......Page 152
2 History of Polish–Belarusian–Ukrainian Cooperation in the Bug River Basin......Page 153
3.1 Objectives and Organization of the Project......Page 154
3.2 Partners......Page 155
3.4 Works of Experts Management......Page 156
3.5.1 Legal and Organizational Documents (Component A)......Page 157
3.5.2 Functional and Technical Studies (Component B)......Page 159
3.6 Promotional Materials, Publications, Workshops, Trainings and Steering Committee Sessions (Component C)......Page 161
3.7 Summary and Conclusions......Page 162
References......Page 163
2 Methodology......Page 164
2.2 Geoelectrical Profiling and Atmogeochemical Analyses......Page 165
2.3 Chemical Tests......Page 166
3 Results......Page 167
4 Conclusions......Page 170
References......Page 171
1 Introduction......Page 172
2 NATO Project......Page 173
3.1 Division into Regions and Hydrogeological Conditions......Page 174
5 Water Sampling Methodology......Page 177
6.1 Zachidukrgeologia: The Lvov Prospective Geology Expedition......Page 186
7 Discussion of Results......Page 187
8 Conclusion......Page 191
References......Page 192
1 Introduction......Page 194
2 Resource Mobilization......Page 195
3 External Cooperation and Partnerships......Page 196
4 Domestic Resource Mobilization......Page 197
5 Donors Requirements......Page 198
6 Conclusions......Page 199