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Surface waters The river network of Košice consists of the Hornád River, running from the north to the south, and its tributaries, Ťahanovský potok (Brook), Črmeľ (Brook), Myslavský potok (B rook) and Sokoliansky potok (Brook) belonging to the Bodrog and Hornád River Basin.Underground water An area important for water management – alluvial deposits of the Hornád River – interlopes the territory of the city from Družstevná pri Hornáde up to the state border. Drinking water supplyKošice is supplied with drinking water from the Košice public water main. In addition to Košice, several villages from the Košice – Country District are supplied from this water main.  What is causing the problems
The main problems affecting the quality of both underground and surface water include the increased content of biogenic elements P and N, the content of heavy metals and the content of specific organic compounds in the water environment. These problems are associated with industrial production – insufficient treatment of produced industrial wastewaters, obsolete technologies, the use of agrochemicals in agriculture, but primary it is the insufficient (or none) treatment of sewage water.
Both surface and underground waters are used as a source for supplying the population with drinking water, in industry and in agriculture. There are activities, when water is taken from the source. After its use in the production process, it is returned back to the recipient with qualitative and quantitative changes.
From the point of view of the protection of water against its pollution and impairment, at first it is necessary to remove causes of its pollution. An increased attention should be paid to agricultural production – applications of agrochemicals and wastewater from livestock production, waste landfills, product pipelines, roads, but above all, it is necessary to solve the issues of adequate wastewater treatment. |
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This page was last updated: 20.2.2002 |