Community Perception of Water Quality in a Mining-Affected Area: A Case Study for the Certej Catchment in the Apuseni Mountains in Romania

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description Mining-contaminated sites and the affected communities at risk are important issues on the agenda of both researchers and policy makers, particularly in the former communist block countries in Eastern Europe. Integrated analyses and expert based assessments concerning mining affected areas are important in providing solid policy guidelines for environmental and social risk management and mitigation. Based on a survey for 103 households conducted in a former mining site in the Certej Catchment of the Apuseni Mountains, western Romania, this study assesses local communities' perceptions on the quality of water in their living area. Logistic regression was used to examine peoples' perception on the quality of the main river water and of the drinking water based on several predictors relating to social and economic conditions. The results from the perception analysis were then compared with the measurements of heavy metal contamination of the main river and drinking water undertaken in the same study area. The findings indicate that perception and measurement results for the water quality in the Certej Catchment are convergent, suggesting an obvious risk that mining activities pose on the surface water. However, the perception on drinking water quality was little predicted by the regression model and does not seem to be so much related to mining as to other explanatory factors, such as special mineralogy of rock and soils or improper water treatment infrastructure, facts suggested by the measurements of the contaminants. Discussion about the implications of these joint findings for risk mitigation policies completes this article.
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Aquatic Pollution
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
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Catchments
Community
Contaminants
Data Collection
Demography
Drinking water
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecology
Economic conditions
Environment
Environmental aspects
Environmental conditions
Environmental impact
Environmental Management
Environmental risk
Female
Forestry Management
Freshwater
Gender differences
Heavy metals
Households
Humans
Local communities
Male
Mathematical models
Middle Aged
Mineralogy
Mining
Mining industry
Mitigation
Mountains
Natural resource management
Nature Conservation
Perception
Perceptions
Policies
Risk
Risk assessment
Risk management
Risk reduction
Rivers
Romania
Science
Socioeconomic factors
Surface water
Waste Water Technology
Water Management
Water pollution
Water Pollution Control
Water Pollution, Chemical
Water quality
Water Supply
Water treatment
Women
title Community Perception of Water Quality in a Mining-Affected Area: A Case Study for the Certej Catchment in the Apuseni Mountains in Romania
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