WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN THE GILORT HYDROGRAPHIC BASIN

Ciocăzan Grigore, Jiu Water Branch, Romania

Abstract

The management and the use of the water resources of the Gilort hydrographic basin (surface waters and underground waters) have been analysed according to the data recorded between the years 1982 – 2009.
The work has been structured into three parts according to the surroundings and the social and economical importance of the exploitation of the water resources:

1. The exploitation of the Gilort river’s hydro energetic potential and it’s affluents represents an economical priority, especially in the mountain area of the basin
2. The use of the fresh water and the industrial water has been intensified a lot during the last 5 years, especially in the rural and area where the water supply has been set up almost completely. In 95% of the cases, the water quantities used by the population and in the economy come from the surface underground waters and the deep underground waters. The 98 existing drills in the Gilort river hydrographic basin have a potential volume of 624 l/s, a lot more than the area needs. Nowadays there is a new priority, which is to set up a sewage installation and a sewage treatment station.
3. The impact of the mining industry upon the water resources occurs often in the coal mines area and the oil and gas wells area.

Keywords: water resources, supply network, drill, Gilort