Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society 2022 Volume 87, Issue 1, Pages: 121-131
https://doi.org/10.2298/JSC210923107O
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Groundwater quality assessment of protected aquatic eco-systems in cross-border areas of Serbia and Croatia
Obrovski Boris B. 
(University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Department of Environmental Engineering and Occupational Safety and Health, Novi Sad, Serbia)
Mihajlović Ivana J. (University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Department of Environmental Engineering and Occupational Safety and Health, Novi Sad, Serbia), ivanamihajlovic@uns.ac.rs
Vojinović-Miloradov Mirjana B. (University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Department of Environmental Engineering and Occupational Safety and Health, Novi Sad, Serbia)
Sremački Maja M. (University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Department of Environmental Engineering and Occupational Safety and Health, Novi Sad, Serbia)
Španik Ivan (Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, STU, Bratislava, Slovakia)
Petrović Maja Z. (University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Department of Environmental Engineering and Occupational Safety and Health, Novi Sad, Serbia)
Research results define basis for specific monitoring programs of groundwater quality in wetland eco-systems in Serbia and Croatia. The main purpose of the research was to determine the impact of nonpoint diffuse source pollution on the groundwater quality, as well as seasonal variations on the concentration levels of selected physicochemical parameters. Statistical analyses, PCA, HCA, ANOVA and t-test, encompass 18 monitored parameters in groundwater. Statistical data indicated that protected area in Serbia has a significantly higher load of pollution from agricultural activities compared to Wetlands Tompojevci. The highest load in groundwater was detected from total nitrogen, ammonia and nitrogen anions, indicating contamination of groundwater by nitrogen-based fertilizers. The results obtained within the two-year seasonal monitoring program, from 2018 to 2020, are highly essential for achieving a comprehensive database that could be used as platform for highquality groundwater management in selected protected areas with the aim of minimizing environmental pollution.
Keywords: sensitive water bodies, physicochemical parameters, monitoring, agricultural activities
Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. 451-03-68/2020-14/200156: Innovative scientific and artistic research from the FTS domain
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