1_2.1 PROBLEMS OF MONITORING GROUNDWATER IN UKRAINE UNDER MARTIAL ARTS AND WAYS TO SOLUTION THEM

UDC 551.44:502.2

Zhykevych E.I.

 

Zhykevych E.I., PhD student, State Institution “Institute of Environmental Geochemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine”, ORCID: 0009-0001-0025-5340, zhykevych@gmail.com

 

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PROBLEMS OF MONITORING GROUNDWATER IN UKRAINE UNDER MARTIAL ARTS AND WAYS TO SOLUTION THEM

 

Abstract. Groundwater monitoring is a systematic observation, measurement and analysis of the state of aquifers, which are one of the most important components of the hydrosphere of our planet. The current state of the groundwater monitoring system in Ukraine under martial law was studied and critical problems of economic assessment of pollution losses were identified. The impact of hostilities on the state of groundwater was analyzed, including pollution from the destruction of industrial facilities, flooding of mines and damage to water infrastructure. It was established that despite the existence of an official methodology for calculating losses, no damage from groundwater pollution was calculated for the entire period of the conflict. The main shortcomings of the existing methodology are identified: the impossibility of determining baseline indicators in frontline areas, the absence of coefficients for pollutants that have an impact on groundwater as a result of hostilities, and the failure to take into account long-term consequences. The DRASTIC model for mapping groundwater vulnerability is considered and recommendations are developed for improving the methodology for economic damage assessment, taking into account the specifics of martial law.

 

Keywords: groundwater monitoring, observation wells, martial law, DRASTIC model, groundwater contamination from hostilities, calculation methodology.

 

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