Management of Intentional and Accidental Water Pollution

Contents. Preface. Acknowledgements. Potential Water Quality Problems Posed by Intentional/Accidental Interventions; V. Kambourova.- Quantitative Health Risk Assessment Resulting from Groundwater Contamination of an abandoned open field Chemical Waste Burning Site; G. Dura et al.- Acute and Chronic Toxicity of Chemical Warfare Agents and Warfare Toxins in drinking Water; H.H. Dieter.- Lessons learned from the Cyanide and Heavy Metal Accidental Water Pollution in the TISA River Basin in the Year 2000; F.Laszlo.-Environmental Contamination on Former Military Sites and Hazards to the Drinking Water in Germany Inventory and Health Risk Assessment of Environmental Contaminants; H-M. Mulisch.- Contamination of Water Basins of Armenian by Persistent organic Pollutants; A. Alecksandria.- .-Pesticide Risk Assessment to Protect Aquatic Systems; D. Auteri and M. Mangiarotti.- Identification and Characterization of Biological Risk for Water; J.B. Rose.- Biological Agents Like Threat Causing ones or Tools for Detecting Hazards; A. Törökné.- Microbial Resistance to Chemical Contaminants - an Essential Precondition of Natural Attenuation in Groundwater Aquifer; Z.Filip and K. Demnerova.- Specific Biological Threats in Western Mediterranean Region; T. Hamid et al.- Is Environmental Pollution with Polychlorinated Biphenyls a Problem for Bulgaria; T. Rizoi et al.-Does Surface Water Treatment need special Measures in the Czech Republic?; V. Bencko.- Water Management in Republic of Moldova Principal Threats; N. Opopol.-Water Management in Morocco; H. Taleb.- The Romanian National Accidental and Intentional Polluted Water Management System; Liviu -D. Galatchi.- Risk for Pregnant Women due to Biological and Chemical Pollution of Drinking Water; A. Potapenko.- Chemical Terrorism: Threats to Water Supplies; A. Bernard and C. de Burbure.-Water Frame Directive - an Effective Approach for Pollution Prevention of Water Sources in case of Emergencies at River Basin Level; G. Gopina.-Water Quality Management in Agriculture: The Case of Lombardy - North Italy; C. Riparbelli et al.- Principles of Chemical Water Safety for Reproductive Health Protection; O.Sivochalova and S. Plitman.- Maintenance and Improvement of Drinking Water Safety with special regard to its rolein food safety; M.Borsanyi and G. Dura.- Pesticides and Surface Water. The Role of Modeling as a Tool to Manage Contamination; G. Azimonti and G. Triacchini.- Low-Cost Adsorbents for the Removal of Nitrophenols from Waste Waters; B. Koumonova and Z. Yaneva.- Actualizing Water Ethics in the Regional Context of the Arab World; M. Hefny.- Ethical Aspects of Water Pollution and Management; P. Smalko.- Ensuring Adequate Reaction in Case of extreme Water Pollution through Training and Education; I.S. Bocsan and M.I.Brumbeciu.- Round Table Discussion. Possible Biological Threats for Europe; A. Törökné.- Water Security and the Threats from Biological Agents of Concern; J. B. Rose.-Findings Conclusions and Recommendations.