Dobrogea Litoral Water Directorate y National Institute of Hydrology and Water Management (Ministerul Mediului si Dezvoltarii Durabile)

Areas of Activity: Environmental Quality, Information Systems

Sectors of Operation: Groundwaters

 

 

The surface streams in Dobrogea area are featured by very scarce flows and during a long dry season, there are difficulties in ensuring the necessary water supply. Thus, the groundwater aquifers are the major source of water supply for the inhabitants and for economic activities in the area.

The Dobrogea Litoral Water Directorate had some database containing geological and geomorphologic information of the area, sampling points for groundwater chemical analysis, which provided quantitative information in connection with the groundwater. There were as well available a list with the water users and a list with the pollution sources in the area which both need to be assessed and revised. Therefore, a joint monitoring system handled by Romania and Bulgaria, designed for preventing and fighting against accidental pollution was necessary to be established.

In the scope of this project, Adasa supplied both to the Dobrogea Litoral Water Directorate and the National Institute of Hydrology, the necessary equipment and software tools in order to establish this joint monitoring system. Among others, there were supplied two vehicles equipped with groundwater sample systems and portable water quality analyzers, five automatic stations for groundwater level and quality on-line monitoring (with GSM data transmission), several computer systems, and specialized software licenses.

Adasa also provided the necessary training and assessment in order to be prepared to develop a model of the groundwater aquifers in the area subject of this contract, by means of three weeks GIS software applications training, and three weeks Feflow software training (software for water bodies modelling).