Water Quality of Some Lakes in Dolj County

• Published in: Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca. Agriculture Vol. 70; no. 2; pp. 370 - 376
• Main Authors: GAVRILESCU, Elena, BUZATU, Gilda Diana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania 25.11.2013
• ISSN: 1843-5246; 1843-5386
• DOI: 10.15835/buasvmcn-agr:9679

In Dolj County there are a number of lakes that are particularly important, because they have a large quantity of water, some of them originating from hydrotechnical accumulations, and other from natural waters. In the present study, it was performed the monitoring of the water quality of the lakes in Dolj County, in the year of 2012, namely: Victoria - Geormane, Bistreţ and Caraula. The ecological conditions of the natural and artificial lakes was established based on the state of acidification, of the oxygen regime (dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen demand and chemical oxygen demand), the degree of eutrophication (biogenic substances, phytoplankton biomass and chlorophyll “a”) and also based on transparency. The water samples were taken from three points: tail, middle and upstream of the lake and were analyzed using high performance equipment, namely: pH-meter, spectrophotometer DR 2010, Sechi disc, BOD5 system. In terms of the degree of eutrophication, the water from the studied lakes belongs to the third category of water quality. Geormane is a natural lake which has a very good ecological status, except regarding the eutrophication, which is considerably visible. Bistret lake has a good environmental status and is visible eutrophic. Caraula lake’s water belongs to the third category of water quality, being heavily eutrophic.