Water Quality Survey of Streams from Retezat Mountains (Romania)
| Autor: | Mariana Nela Ștefănuț, Mircea Niculescu, Tiberiu Tulucan, Iuliana Sebarchievici, Mihai-Cosmin Pascariu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0106 biological sciences
Hydrology 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology STREAMS 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences water chemical analysis Environmental sciences Environmental science mp-aes GE1-350 Water quality heavy metals surface water quality retezat national park 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Environmental Geography, Vol 9, Iss 3-4, Pp 27-32 (2016) |
| ISSN: | 2060-467X |
| DOI: | 10.1515/jengeo-2016-0009 |
| Popis: | The Retezat Mountains, located in the Southern Carpathians, are one of the highest massifs in Romania and home of the Retezat National Park, which possesses an important biological value. This study aimed at the investigation of water quality in creeks of the Southern Retezat (Piule-Iorgovanul Mountains) in order to provide information on pollutants of both natural and anthropogenic origin, which could pose a threat for the human health. Heavy metal and other inorganic ion contents of samples were analyzed with on-site and laboratory measurements to estimate water quality. The samples were investigated using microwave plasma - atomic emission spectrometry to quantify specific elements, namely aluminium, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, lead and zinc. The results were compared with the European Union and Romanian standards regarding drinking water and surface water quality. The studied heavy metals have been found to be in very low concentrations or under the method’s detection limit. Thus, in the microbasin corresponding to the sampling points, there seems to be no heavy metal pollution and, from this point of view, the samples comply as drinking water according to the European Union and Romanian recommendations. Our findings confirm that the Retezat Mountains are still among the least contaminated regions in Europe and that the ecosystem and the human health is not negatively influenced by water quality problems. |
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