SANITARY PROTECTION OF THE GROUNDWATER TAPPING – LEGISLATIVE ISSUES, PRINCIPLES AND PARTICULARS. CASE STUDY– TAPPING FOR THE WATER SUPPLY OF SAPOCA VILLAGE, BUZAU COUNTY
ABSTRACT. – Sanitary protection of the groundwater tapping - legislative issues, principles and particulars. Case study - tapping for the water supply Săpoca village, Buzău county. At European level, water presents a great importance, the Water Framework Directive no. 60/2000/EC and the Directive for the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration no. 118/2006/EC, establishing clear objectives that all water, including groundwater, must achieve "good status" by 2015. The legal basis for the concept and size of sanitary protection areas and hydrogeological protection perimeter is given by the "Water Law" (Law no. 107/1996), " The Law regarding the amendment and completion of Water Law no.107/1996” (Law no.310/2004 ) and “The Decision for the approval of special rules type and the size of the sanitary and hydrogeological areas (GD no. 930/2005). GD no. 930/2005 sets out that in order to protect the health of groundwater abstraction there are established in the field three areas of protection with various degrees of risk from pollutants, namely sanitary protection area with severe regime, the sanitary protection regime restriction and hydrogeological protection perimeter. The paper presents some legal issues and principles for determining the protection areas of the groundwater tapping, and through the case study (abstraction for water supply of Săpoca village, Buzău county) there are presented some peculiarities (geomorphological, geological, hydrogeological conditions) on how to determine these areas.
Key words: the quality of groundwaters, sanitary protection areas, the hydrogeological protection perimeter.
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