ABATEMENT STRATEGIES IN THE ODRA RIVER BASIN

The Odra (Oder) River flows from the Czech Republic through Poland to the Baltic Sea. Surface water as well as groundwater in the Odra River Basin is heavily polluted, especially in the Ostrava industrial regio n and its surroundings. The high level of pollution causes considerabl e impacts on human health and ecology. There is a definite need to dev elop sound abatement strategies to achieve long term objectives of red ucing the deterioration of the environment and to restore the ecologic al balance in the surface water. This poster presents several related studies and focuses on the Czech-Norwegian one - ''Abatement Strategie s in the Odra River Basin''.