TY - CHAP
T1 - Microbiological Water Quality of Rivers in Montenegro
AU - Kolarević, Stoimir
AU - Kračun-kolarević, Margareta
AU - Jovanović, Jovana
AU - Ilić, Marija
AU - Paunović, Momir
AU - Kostić-vuković, Jovana
AU - Martinović, Rajko
AU - Jokanović, Sandra
AU - Joksimović, Danijela
AU - Pešić, Vladimir
AU - Kirschner, Alexander K. T.
AU - Linke, Rita
AU - Ixenmaier, Simone
AU - Farnleitner, Andreas
AU - Savio, Domenico
AU - Reischer, Georg
AU - Tomić, Nevenka
AU - Vuković-gačić, Branka
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The literature data on the microbiological water quality of the surface and groundwaters in Montenegro is very scarce. Therefore, this chapter aims to provide an insight in the microbiological water quality of rivers in Montenegro by compiling the data obtained in period 2009–2018 in national monitoring program and the data collected within the Montenegro survey in 2019 with an emphasis on the hotspots of faecal pollution and possible sources of pollution. Despite the high risk that poor implementation of wastewater treatment might represent for Montenegro, the obtained dataset indicates that overall microbiological water quality of rivers in Montenegro is quite good. About 80% of the investigated sites have bathing water quality according to Montenegrin legislation. Only four sites were identified as hotspots of faecal pollution where the human source of pollution prevails.
AB - The literature data on the microbiological water quality of the surface and groundwaters in Montenegro is very scarce. Therefore, this chapter aims to provide an insight in the microbiological water quality of rivers in Montenegro by compiling the data obtained in period 2009–2018 in national monitoring program and the data collected within the Montenegro survey in 2019 with an emphasis on the hotspots of faecal pollution and possible sources of pollution. Despite the high risk that poor implementation of wastewater treatment might represent for Montenegro, the obtained dataset indicates that overall microbiological water quality of rivers in Montenegro is quite good. About 80% of the investigated sites have bathing water quality according to Montenegrin legislation. Only four sites were identified as hotspots of faecal pollution where the human source of pollution prevails.
KW - Faecal indicator bacteria
KW - Microbial source tracking
KW - Microbiology
KW - Montenegro
KW - Rivers
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U2 - 10.1007/698_2019_420
DO - 10.1007/698_2019_420
M3 - Chapter in book/report
SN - 978-3-030-55711-9
VL - 93
T3 - Handbook of Environmental Chemistry
SP - 135
EP - 155
BT - The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry
PB - Springer Verlag
ER -