Hydrological conflicts risk estimation in vojvodina, serbia

Abstract

© 2019 Parlar Scientific Publications. All rights reserved. Hydrological conflicts are potential risks that may occur in water supply due to water consumption in agriculture, industrial production and human population. This problem is particularly pronounced in periods of water shortage which is a result of natural causes or the human impact on the environment. The study analyzes possible conflicts over water use and shows the risk zones of identified conflicts in the territory of the northern province of the Republic of Serbia. The indicators of load on water resources are average water consumption in households, average public consumption, industrial consumption, water consumption in livestock and water consumption for irrigation. Geographic In-formation System (GIS) was used for spatial display and the analysis of collected data. Based on the data about spatial distribution of potentially harmful events, risk maps have been created i.e. the zones of hydrological conflicts. Research results clearly emphasize the existence of hydrological conflicts as a result of the consumption of underground water which is normally used for irrigation purposes, as well as the fact that half of Vojvodina's population live under the conflict of water consumption.