Groundwater, Slovenia

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Groundwater, Slovenia

• LIDIJA GLOBEVNIK
• University of Ljubljana, Faculty for Civil and
  Geodetic Engineering,Slovenia

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Slovenia

Austria
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• 20.256 km2
• 2 million inh.
• (100 inh./km2)
• River basins
• 80 Danube
• 20 Mediterranean
• sea coast
• 400 inh/km2, touristic season density
  doubled

Italy
Croatia
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Hydr network 32000km main rivers (gt100 km2 4700
km)
alluvium
karstic
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GROUNDWATER - alluvium, - carst
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Hydrogeological map Borders with Croatia a)
alluvium aquifers, - rivers crossing
the border Mura, Drava, Sava -
rivers as the state border Sotla, Kolpa,
Dragonja b) carstic area
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• All porous aquifer problems quality, groundwater
  level dropping - health, social and
  environmental risk
• karstic aquifer problem legal, quality
• low awarness, by media campaigns fear of
  dangerous substances in drinking water
• present legal system bilateral commissions, WFD
  (water only management institutions, not others!)