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Water quality changes after Kraljevo earthquake in 2010

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Many studies have examined earthquake’s impacts on hydrological changes such as drying up and flooding of (water) wells, fluctuation of groundwater levels, and changes in water quality. This paper aims to present water quality changes in the aftermath of a November 2010 earthquake in Kraljevo. Water quality changes followed hydrological, geological, and geomorphological changes. The water parameter concentrations were measured before the earthquake in 2010 and after that in 2010 and 2011, as well as 2009 and 2012. The data from two hydrological stations were used: Kraljevo Zapadna Morava and Kraljevo Ibar. The Canadian Water Quality Index was applied for the calculation of water quality. This method defines the overall water quality and the specific quality of water used for drinking, aquatic habitats, recreation, irrigation, and livestock. A significant decline in the quality of water used for aquatic habitat and a less significant one in the overall quality and the quality of water used for irrigation was recorded in the hydrological station Zapadna Morava. Increased heavy metal concentrations were detected, which caused water quality impairment. A minor decline in the overall water quality and the quality of water used for aquatic habitats was recorded in the hydrological station Kraljevo Ibar.

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Acknowledgments

This paper is a result of the projects 47007 and 174,019, funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of Republic of Serbia. The authors thank Kevin Cash, Environment Canada; Serge Hebert, Quebec Ministère de l’Environnement et de la Faune; Haseen Khan, Newfoundland Department of Environment; Karen Saffran, Alberta Environment; Les Swain, British Columbia Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection and Dwight Williamson, Manitoba Conservation, authors of CWQI 1.0 Calculator, who gave us the permission to use this program as well as text and table from Users’ Manual.

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  1. Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić”, SASA, Đure Jakšića 9, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia

    Dejana Jakovljević

  2. Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 4, Novi Sad, 21000, Serbia

    Zagorka Lozanov-Crvenković

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Jakovljević, D., Lozanov-Crvenković, Z. Water quality changes after Kraljevo earthquake in 2010. Nat Hazards 79, 2033–2053 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-015-1943-z

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