POLLUTION’S IMPACT ON THE QUALITY OF DRINKING WATER

Florina Bran (), Carmen Radulescu (), Ildiko Ioan () and Cristina Popa ()
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Cristina Popa: Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest

No 10, Proceedings of the Fifth "Administration and Public Management" International Conference: "Public Institutions' Capacity to Implement the Administrative Reform Process", Bucharest, June 23-24, 2009 from Research Centre in Public Administration and Public Services, Bucharest, Romania

Abstract: Water is essential for life and the way we use water in our activity has a direct impact on the environment. The Report of the Public Health Institute on drinking water quality from urban localities highlighted that the total population potentially exposed to the risk, taking into consideration the age of the distribution networks, water source quality and parameters, is estimated to be about 9.8 million inhabitants in urban areas. The paper analyses the main factors that affect the quality of drinking water, in the conditions than 100 million people in the European region still do not have access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation and the quality of the water supply and sanitation services has deteriorated continuously over the past 15 years, with the rural population being most affected.

Keywords: nitrate contamination; leakage; drinking water; wastewater treatment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Published in the Proceedings of the Fifth Administration and Public Management International Conference. Public institutions’ capacity to implement the administrative reform process , Bucharest, June 23-24 2009, pages 96-102

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