Assessment of the environmental significance of nutrients and heavy metal pollution in the river network of Serbia
Abstract
In this paper, the data for ten water quality variables collected during 2009 at 75 monitoring sites along the river network of Serbia are considered. The results are alarming because 48 % of the studied sites were contaminated by Ni, Mn, Pb, As, and nutrients, which are key factors impairing the water quality of the rivers in Serbia. Special attention should be paid to Zn and Cu, listed in the priority toxic pollutants of US EPA for aquatic life protection. The employed Q-model cluster analysis grouped the data into three major pollution zones (low, moderate, and high). Most sites classified as "low pollution zones" (LP) were in the main rivers, whereas those classified as "moderate and high pollution zones" (MP and HP, respectively) were in the large and small tributaries/hydro-system. Principal component analysis/factor analysis (PCA/FA) showed that the dissolved metals and nutrients in the Serbian rivers varied depending on the river, the heterogeneity of the anthropogenic activiti...es in the basins (influenced primarily by industrial wastewater, agricultural activities, and urban runoff pollution), and natural environmental variability, such as geological characteristics. In LP dominated non-point source pollution, such as agricultural and urban runoff, whereas mixed source pollution dominated in the MP and HP zones. These results provide information to be used for developing better pollution control strategies for the river network of Serbia.
Keywords:
River network of Serbia / Nutrients / Heavy metal pollution / Chemometric techniques / Water qualitySource:
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2016, 23, 1, 282-297Publisher:
- Springer Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Funding / projects:
- The study of physicochemical and biochemical processes in living environment that have impacts on pollution and the investigation of possibilities for minimizing the consequences (RS-172001)
- Studying climate change and its influence on environment: impacts, adaptation and mitigation (RS-43007)
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-5808-5
ISSN: 0944-1344
PubMed: 26593728
WoS: 000368199300027
Scopus: 2-s2.0-84954378750
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IHTMTY - JOUR AU - Dević, Gordana AU - Sakan, Sanja AU - Đorđević, Dragana PY - 2016 UR - https://cer.ihtm.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1976 AB - In this paper, the data for ten water quality variables collected during 2009 at 75 monitoring sites along the river network of Serbia are considered. The results are alarming because 48 % of the studied sites were contaminated by Ni, Mn, Pb, As, and nutrients, which are key factors impairing the water quality of the rivers in Serbia. Special attention should be paid to Zn and Cu, listed in the priority toxic pollutants of US EPA for aquatic life protection. The employed Q-model cluster analysis grouped the data into three major pollution zones (low, moderate, and high). Most sites classified as "low pollution zones" (LP) were in the main rivers, whereas those classified as "moderate and high pollution zones" (MP and HP, respectively) were in the large and small tributaries/hydro-system. Principal component analysis/factor analysis (PCA/FA) showed that the dissolved metals and nutrients in the Serbian rivers varied depending on the river, the heterogeneity of the anthropogenic activities in the basins (influenced primarily by industrial wastewater, agricultural activities, and urban runoff pollution), and natural environmental variability, such as geological characteristics. In LP dominated non-point source pollution, such as agricultural and urban runoff, whereas mixed source pollution dominated in the MP and HP zones. These results provide information to be used for developing better pollution control strategies for the river network of Serbia. PB - Springer Heidelberg, Heidelberg T2 - Environmental Science and Pollution Research T1 - Assessment of the environmental significance of nutrients and heavy metal pollution in the river network of Serbia VL - 23 IS - 1 SP - 282 EP - 297 DO - 10.1007/s11356-015-5808-5 ER -
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Dević, G., Sakan, S.,& Đorđević, D.. (2016). Assessment of the environmental significance of nutrients and heavy metal pollution in the river network of Serbia. in Environmental Science and Pollution Research Springer Heidelberg, Heidelberg., 23(1), 282-297. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-015-5808-5
Dević G, Sakan S, Đorđević D. Assessment of the environmental significance of nutrients and heavy metal pollution in the river network of Serbia. in Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2016;23(1):282-297. doi:10.1007/s11356-015-5808-5 .
Dević, Gordana, Sakan, Sanja, Đorđević, Dragana, "Assessment of the environmental significance of nutrients and heavy metal pollution in the river network of Serbia" in Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 23, no. 1 (2016):282-297, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-015-5808-5 . .