{"id":544,"date":"2014-02-09T13:39:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-09T13:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/water4life.eu\/?p=544"},"modified":"2023-02-03T08:26:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T08:26:11","slug":"water4life-romania_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/water4life.eu\/index.php\/2014\/02\/09\/water4life-romania_2\/","title":{"rendered":"Water4life Romania"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"314\" src=\"https:\/\/water4life.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NITRATES-1024x314.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/water4life.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NITRATES-1024x314.png 1024w, https:\/\/water4life.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NITRATES-300x92.png 300w, https:\/\/water4life.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NITRATES-768x235.png 768w, https:\/\/water4life.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NITRATES.png 1357w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Did you know that Romania is the number one country in water pollution with nitrates (No3) from Europe?&nbsp;It\u2019s high time for us to do something to change this fact!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;Levels of water contamination with nitrates \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"579\" height=\"389\" src=\"https:\/\/water4life.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/redcodenitrates.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/water4life.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/redcodenitrates.jpg 579w, https:\/\/water4life.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/redcodenitrates-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>LEGEND: HIGH (red) | MEDIUM (orange)&nbsp;|&nbsp;LOW (yellow)<br><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This map was made in 2007, after several water tests made in the country. It represents the most affected districts of water contaminated with nitrates. In the red areas the contamination was registered in villages where people have access to water only from wells. The contamination is coming mostly from the bad conditions of sanitation and from the farms nearby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">128 \u2018\u2019blue baby syndrome\u2019\u2019 (methemoglobinemia) cases and 4 deaths were also registered the same year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At present the problems are far from over being solved. In fact only 10% of the nitrates pollution problems were solved by other organizations working to improve water quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The situation got worse after the exploitations for gold in \u2018\u2019Rosia Montana\u2019\u2019 and shale gases in \u2018\u2019Pungesti\u2019\u2019 several other contaminated water problems appeared : the water of the rivers became red and yellow due high level concentration of heavy metals , cyanide , gas and petrol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"274\" src=\"https:\/\/water4life.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/rosia-montana-apa-rosie.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/water4life.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/rosia-montana-apa-rosie.jpg 450w, https:\/\/water4life.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/rosia-montana-apa-rosie-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/water4life.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/rosia-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/water4life.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/rosia-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/water4life.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/rosia-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/water4life.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/rosia-1024x683-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/water4life.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/petrol-water.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/water4life.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/petrol-water.jpg 640w, https:\/\/water4life.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/petrol-water-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u2018\u2019Aries\u2019\u2019 River: Poisoned water<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The River \u2018\u2019Aries\u2019\u2019 is situated in Transylvania near the town \u2018\u2019Turda\u2019\u2019.&nbsp;This river is probably one of the most poisoned river in Romania because all of the waste made in the past from gold exploration (\u2018Rosia Montana\u2019) was discharged directly into it. The \u2018\u2019Aries\u2019\u2019 river and all the rivers from the area of \u2018Rosia Montana\u2018 have reports of very high exceeding values , -above the legal limits \u2013 of a large number of chemical substances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the report given by \u2018\u2019The Agency of Environmental Protection Alba\u2019\u2019, the normal values for manganese were exceeded more than 11 times. And this is not the only heavy metal found in the surrounding areas.<br>The arsenic registered a value of 5 times higher than the normal limit, the Iron<sub>73<\/sub> times higher, Zinc 96&nbsp;times higher and there are still many other metals in these acid waters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"835\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/water4life.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Aries-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/water4life.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Aries-1.png 835w, https:\/\/water4life.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Aries-1-300x101.png 300w, https:\/\/water4life.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Aries-1-768x258.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 835px) 100vw, 835px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Deversare&quot; de PET-uri pe Arie\u0219, 20 martie 2012\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iXH1XjS_CJs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the other hand the water pollution in Romania refers to the tap water used in the houses in towns.&nbsp;Water4Life has already started the activity in analyzing water quality in Bucharest (the capital city) to see the level of water pollution in several apartments and houses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The results of the tests showed us that the water contains only chlorine and large quantities of rust.&nbsp;70% of the citizens in Bucharest and the other big towns prefer to buy bottled water instead of drinking tap water which has a chlorine smell and taste and sometimes the colour can be brown or turbid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Water tap Bucharest\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rZbDj5JHsdM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that Romania is the number one country in water pollution with nitrates (No3) from Europe?&nbsp;It\u2019s high time for us to do something to change this fact! &nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;Levels of water contamination with nitrates \u2014 This map was made in 2007, after several water tests made in the country. 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