RESTORING MEASURES FOR THE HIDDEN SPRINGS IN DANUBE FLOODPLAIN -STUDY CASE ASCUNSA SPRING FROM DABULENI AREA

Abstract

The climate changes of the last decades, the exaggerated exploitation of the water resources for agriculture have seriously affected the surface and ground water bodies, bringing a major imbalance in the water system for many regions in Eastern Europe. In Romania, the
phenomenon of drought and desertification affects tens of thousands of hectares annually, the lack of water being felt in many areas, but lately also in the use as a source of drinking water. Many rivers in the S-W part of Romania managed by the Jiu Water Basin Administration have become non-permanent (temporary) rivers during the summer, when the drought reduces water availability.
Jiu river has an 11% decrease of the multiannual average flow according to the studies and researches of the last 20 years.