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MUNICIPALITY
Figure 3
Legend: LMA - the maximum admitted limit
Water Quality
The subsoil of the Medgidia area contains an important
reserve of drinking water with a special quality, as a
consequence of the calciferous structure of the soil that
allows the natural filtration of the phreatic water layer.
The water treatment consists in chlorination at the sources
and at the pumping stations.
The Major Water Pollution Sources and the Wastewater
Treatment Degree
The Medgidia wastewater treatment plant serves the entire
municipality. The emissary of the treatment plant is the
Danube-Black Sea channel, and the discharging point is
located on the right shore (km 37 + 600). Most of the
wastewater that reaches the treatment station is municipal
wastewater. The most important economic operators,
S.C. "LAFARGE- ROMCIM" S.A. and S.C. "ETERMED"
S.A., have their own treatment stations.
The industrial wastewater input in the treatment plant
varies between 5 - 10%, and comes from the following
economic operators: S.C. "METALICA" S.A., S.C.
"DOBROGEA" S.A., S.C. "MINIERA" S.A., S.C.
"NISIPONI" S.A.
S.C. "EDILMED" S.A. is the private operator of the public
service of water supply and sewage, and is a subordinate
to the Municipal Local Council.
Waste Management
Urban Waste
The major concern in the municipality of Medgidia is the
recovery and recycling of waste, with the aim of reducing
the consumption of raw materials and energy, as well as
reducing the quantities of deposited waste. Nevertheless,
the main method of waste disposal was depositing.
According to the requirements for accession to the
European Union, an efficient management system for
package waste will have to be implemented by the end of
2006, and the current deposit that reached its maximum
storage capacity will have to be closed.
The waste collection and transport service in Medgidia is
supplied by S.C."EDILMED"S.A. This operator owns a
car-park with very old and overused equipment.
The pre-collection of the municipal waste from the
population and the transport follows a weekly collection
schedule. Most of the economic agents established
contracts with S.C. "EDILMED"S.A. for the transportation
of waste, although there are firms that transport the waste
to the deposit with their own means of transport. The waste
is deposited at the landfill close to the Danube- Black
Sea channel.