Published in Scientific Papers. Series E. Land Reclamation, Earth Observation & Surveying, Environmental Engineering, Vol. XIV
Written by Emil Cătălin ȘCHIOPU, Roxana Gabriela POPA, Irina Ramona PECINGINĂ, Ramona Violeta CAZALBAȘU, Marinela Florica BODOG
Gorj County is located in the south-west of Romania with a predominantly mountainous relief, and the main economic activities are specific to the exploitation of natural resources, agriculture and tourism. As a result of the lack of sewerage systems in most of the villages in Gorj County and the uncontrolled storage of manure resulting from animal husbandry activities, the groundwater has suffered significant microbiological contamination. This paper describes the investigations carried out to determine the degree of microbiological contamination of groundwater in the northern part of Gorj County, in one of the most attractive tourist localities. The investigations consisted of taking 45 water samples from public and private wells in the villages of Gureni and Frâncești, in the commune of Peștișani. The most important microbiological indicators for determining water quality were determined from samples: the number of bacterial colonies, the number of coliform bacteria, the number of Escherichia coli and the number of intestinal enterococci.
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