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Microbiological Water Quality of Rivers in Montenegro

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The literature data on the microbiological water quality of the surface and groundwaters in Montenegro is very scarce. Therefore, this chapter aims to provide an insight in the microbiological water quality of rivers in Montenegro by compiling the data obtained in period 2009–2018 in national monitoring program and the data collected within the Montenegro survey in 2019 with an emphasis on the hotspots of faecal pollution and possible sources of pollution. Despite the high risk that poor implementation of wastewater treatment might represent for Montenegro, the obtained dataset indicates that overall microbiological water quality of rivers in Montenegro is quite good. About 80% of the investigated sites have bathing water quality according to Montenegrin legislation. Only four sites were identified as hotspots of faecal pollution where the human source of pollution prevails.

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Acknowledgments

This study was performed within the framework of the bilateral project of Republic of Serbia and Republic of Austria No. 451-03-02141/2017-09/30. We would like to acknowledge Luka Mitrović, Head of Institute of Hydrometeorology and Seismology – Montenegro, and our colleagues Željka Đurišić and Kumrija Šestović for provided monitoring dataset 2009–2018. The authors are grateful to Luka Gačić who provided improvements to our English.

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  1. Faculty of Biology, Center for Genotoxicology and Ecogenotoxicology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

    Stoimir Kolarević & Branka Vuković-Gačić

  2. Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

    Margareta Kračun-Kolarević, Jovana Jovanović, Marija Ilić & Momir Paunović

  3. Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

    Jovana Kostić-Vuković

  4. Institute of Marine Biology, University of Montenegro, Kotor, Montenegro

    Rajko Martinović, Sandra Jokanović & Danijela Joksimović

  5. Faculty of Science and Mathematics, University of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro

    Vladimir Pešić

  6. Institute for Hygiene and Applied Immunology, Water Microbiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Alexander K. T. Kirschner

  7. Interuniversity Cooperation Center Water and Health (ICC), Vienna, Austria

    Alexander K. T. Kirschner, Rita Linke, Simone Ixenmaier, Andreas Farnleitner, Domenico Savio & Georg Reischer

  8. Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Krems an der Donau, Austria

    Alexander K. T. Kirschner, Andreas Farnleitner & Domenico Savio

  9. Research Group Environmental Microbiology and Molecular Diagnostics, Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria

    Rita Linke, Simone Ixenmaier, Andreas Farnleitner, Domenico Savio & Georg Reischer

  10. Institute of Hydrometeorology and Seismology – Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro

    Nevenka Tomić

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Kolarević, S. et al. (2019). Microbiological Water Quality of Rivers in Montenegro. In: Pešić, V., Paunović, M., Kostianoy, A. (eds) The Rivers of Montenegro. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, vol 93. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2019_420

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