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MEDGIDIA
Land use
Land within the city border
Agricultural land
Forests
Waters
Roads and railways
Barren ground
Surface
1,160 ha
6,891 ha
83 ha
15 ha
460 ha
241 ha
8,987 ha
There are wide surfaces of land of high quality, fit for
agriculture, but there is a risk of diminishing these areas
by transferring the fertile fields from agriculture towards
other purposes. The agricultural fields represent approximately
82% of the entire administrative surface of the
municipality. Out of this surface, 57% is endowed with
irrigation systems.
The subsoil comprises two mineral reserves:
- the limestone reserve, used for making cement and
gluconic sand near Remus-Opreanu village;
- important kaolin clay reserve, in the suburban area at
Mircea Voda and Cuza Voda, which are exploited and
primarily processed at Medgidia.
I.1.5. The Quality of the Environmental Factors
Air Quality
The areas sensitive to air pollution in the municipality of
Medgidia are the three localities. The way they are
exposed to pollution varies as following:
- Medgidia - the most exposed area is the residential part
in the southeastern side of the city, with a population of
approx. 10,000 citizens;
- Remus Opreanu - does not have pollution sources in
the vicinity, and the car traffic is reduced, as there is only
access traffic to the locality;
- Valea Dacilor - is only exposed to local and transit car
traffic on D.J. 381, which crosses the locality.
The air quality in Medgidia is monitored through the
urban fund pollution station for the NO 2 , SO 2, and NH 3
indicators and settled particles, and through the analysis
made with the auto-laboratory for the indicators: ozone,
NO x , SO 2 , CO, PM 10 .
1. Green House effect is produced (mostly) by the water
vapours, by CO 2 emissions (30% contribution) and by
CH 4 , NO x , O 3 and CFC emissions. The air humidity is
high in Medgidia during the entire year, around 60%,
although in the summer of 2004 there were periods when
the humidity values reached 80%.
2. The Heavy Metals and the Persistent Organic
Pollutants
Annual heavy metal emissions, estimated for 2004:
• lead:
0,254 t
• cadmium:
0,05534 t
• nickel: 1,6574t
• zinc:
0,4672 t
• copper:
0,0445 t
• chromium:
0,267 t
3. The Depletion of the Ozone Layer from the
Stratosphere
The stipulations of the Montreal protocol and the Vienna
Convention were implemented in the area, through the