THE IMPORTANCE OF TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN TERRITORY. CASE STUDY: DRINKING WATER SUPPLY IN DÂNGAU MARE, CLUJ COUNTY

The importance of technical infrastructure in territory. Case study: drinking water supply in Dângau Mare, Cluj County. Water represents an important element in life. Accessibility, water quantity and quality show the standard of living of one community. This article presents a case study, the one of water supply in Dângau Mare from Cluj County. The purpose of this analysis is to reveal the benefits of applying some measures regarding water supply in the rural area, as well as the dysfunction abilities which derive from a bad management (eg. lack of sewage system). Dângau Mare lies near the Gilau Mountains and possesses important and rich resources of surface and underground waters varying under qualitative ratio. The hydrological resources of Dângau Mare are made up of river/rivulet networks (Mirea, Blidaru, Agârbiciu), phreatic waters and natural springs. The identification and delimitation of the Dângau Mare territory represents the first stage of this study, followed by the consultation of bibliographic and cartographic sources, field surveys, to obtain the qualitative and quantitative pieces of information. The second stage consists in the analyzation and classification of information, the integrated study of phenomena and elaboration of cartographic models using GIS. At the end of this study we have made the SWOT analysis to emphasize the characteristics of favourability, the anomalies and the opportunities to improve and develop the territory of Dângau Mare from Cluj County. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]