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ROMANIA
“AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION CONTROL” PROJECT
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ROMANIA – GENERAL INFORMATION
  • Area: 238,392 km2
  • Population: 22.7 mil. inh.
  • Capital: Bucharest
  • No. of Counties: 42
  • Large Cities: 7
  • Communes: 2,686
  • Agricultural
  • Land: 14.9 mil. ha
  • Forests: 6.4 mil. ha
  • International Waters
  • (Danube River): 1.075 km
  • National Waters: 9,301 km


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Project Area – Cross section
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Aspects regarding nutrient pollution at communa level
  • The waste (livestock waste mixed with domestic waste) is transported by carts to the so called communal manure platforms;
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Usual practice – Independenta communa 2002
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Usual practice – Independenta communa 2002
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Aspects regarding nutrient pollution at household level
  • The  usual behaviour is to mix household waste materials such as plastic, glass and metal with the livestock  waste;
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Project Interventions
  • Four levels actions:
  • Creating a minimum infrastructure for achieving visible results at household and commune level;
  • Supporting local authorities to implement efficient systems for manure management;
  • Inducing changes in the current behaviors;
  • Monitoring the soil and waters quality.
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Monitoring the water quality
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Main Project Investments
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Piezometer
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The National Integrated Monitoring System of Pollution
with Nitrates from Agricultural Sources
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Monitoring Data Base
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Monitoring Data Base
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Destroyed piezometer