?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%2F4859%2F&rft.title=Quo+Vadis+Water+Quality+Management+in+Central+and+Eastern+Europe%3F&rft.creator=Somlyody%2C+L.&rft.description=Central+and+East+European+(CEE)+countries+are+going+through+unique+political%2C+economic%2C+institutional%2C+and+social+changes+associated+with+the+heritage+of+serious+pollution+problems+from+the+past.+The+purpose+of+this+paper+is+to+analyze+the+water+quality+management+strategies+that+CEE+countries+may+take%2C+including+the+rationale+of+introducing+Western+policies+in+the+short+run.+The+policy+to+be+selected+must+be+viable+under+the+existing+pressing+financial+conditions+and+should+be+feasibly+expanded+towards+a+long-term+sustainable+scenario+as+the+economy+improves.+As+a+basis+the+present+economic%2C+social%2C+and+institutional+setting+is+outlined%2C+and+the+state+of+water+quality+and+the+role+of+emissions+of+various+origins+are+summarized.+Special+attention+is+devoted+to+municipalities+with+low+and+unbalanced+levels+of+infrastructure%3B+the+development+of+these+infrastructures+could+be+a+burden+even+for+stable+economies.+An+overview+and+evaluation+are+given+for+the+water+supply%2C+sewerage%2C+and+wastewater+treatment+for+cities+and+towns+with+populations+greater+than+25%2C000+in+five+countries+of+the+CEE+region%2C+together+with+a+discussion+of+legislation+issues.+Major+elements+of+cost-effective+development+strategies+are+discussed+and+illustrated+with+examples.+They+incorporate+improved+demand+management+and+the+closing+of+material+cycles%2C+the+upgrading+of+wastewater+treatment+facilities+to+match+the+level+of+sewerage%2C+the+application+of+regionally+variable+effluent+(and%2For+ambient)+water+quality+standards+and+their+gradual+tightening+based+on+a+river+basin+approach%2C+the+innovative+selection+of+combined+chemical-biological+technologies+(for+both+upgrading+and+new+design)+depending+on+local+conditions%2C+and+the+multi-stage+development+of+wastewater+treatment+plants.+The+policy+suggested+for+the+next+couple+of+decades+is+characterized+by+a+number+of+non-uniformities+that+raise+considerable+implementation+challenges.&rft.publisher=RR-96-012.+Reprinted+from+Water+Science+Technology%2C+30(5)%3A1-14+%5B1994%5D+%5B1996%5D.&rft.date=1996&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.rights=cc_by&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4859%2F1%2FRR-96-12.pdf&rft.identifier=++Somlyody%2C+L.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1584.html%3E++(1996).++Quo+Vadis+Water+Quality+Management+in+Central+and+Eastern+Europe%3F+++IIASA+Research+Report+(Reprint).+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+RR-96-012.+Reprinted+from+Water+Science+Technology%2C+30(5)%3A1-14+%5B1994%5D+%5B1996%5D.+++++