?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4108%2F&rft.title=Longitudinal+Water+Quality+Profile+Measurements+and+their+Evaluation+in+the+Nitra+River+basin+(Slovakia)&rft.creator=Masliev%2C+I.&rft.creator=Petrovic%2C+P.&rft.creator=Kunikova%2C+M.&rft.creator=Zajicova%2C+H.&rft.creator=Somlyody%2C+L.&rft.description=The+Nitra+River+is+one+of+most+polluted+rivers+in+the+Slovak+Republic%2C+due+to+numerous+industrial+and+municipal+emissions%2C+and+low+level+of+wastewater+treatment.+Policy-oriented+water+quality+management+study+on+the+basin+was+undertaken+jointly+by+IIASA%2C+the+Water+Research+Institute+in+Bratislava+(VUVH)%2C+and+the+Vah+River+Basin+Authority.+One+of+the+components+of+the+research+were+the+water+quality+profiles+experiments+incorporating+both+emission+and+river+water+sampling%2C+followed+by+an+analysis+with+mass+balance+method.+Two+experiments+were+performed+in+the+basin%2C+in+August+1992+and+June+1993%2C+respectively.+The+first+experiment+was+focused+on+the+%22conventional%22+water+quality+parameters+affecting+dissolved+oxygen+balance%2C+such+as+BOD%2C+COD+and+nitrogen.+The+second%2C+although+limited+only+to+certain+regions+of+the+basin%2C+was+aimed+at+understanding+more+detailed+water+quality+processes+in+the+river+such+as+sedimentation+and+hydrolysis+of+organic+material.+Rough+estimates+of+the+process+rates+were+obtained+with+mass+balance+method.+The+results+of+the+work+were+used+for+calibration+of+water+quality+models+essential+for+the+formulation+of+economically+feasible+wastewater+treatment+policy+in+the+basin+based+on+water+quality+criteria.&rft.publisher=WP-94-104&rft.date=1994-10&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4108%2F1%2FWP-94-104.pdf&rft.identifier=++Masliev%2C+I.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1436.html%3E%2C+Petrovic%2C+P.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F2289.html%3E%2C+Kunikova%2C+M.%2C+Zajicova%2C+H.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F2540.html%3E%2C+%26+Somlyody%2C+L.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1584.html%3E++(1994).++Longitudinal+Water+Quality+Profile+Measurements+and+their+Evaluation+in+the+Nitra+River+basin+(Slovakia).+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-94-104+++++