Information resource title:
    National Automated System for Environment Monitoring /NASEM/, Subsystem "Underground waters", Functional subsystem "Underground water monitoring"

    Brief description of content:
    The database includes information about underground water monitoring stations of National Automated System for Environment Monitoring, towns and villages, hydrological regions, RIEW, sampling dates, protocol number, values of defined physicochemical indicators such as nitrates, nitrites, ammonia ions, electro conductivity, pH, sulfates, heavy metals and others.
    Measured indicators,units:temperature-degrees centigrade,pH-none,total dry residue- mg/l, soluble substances - mg/l, insoluble substances - mg/l, alkalescence - mg/l, dissolved oxygen - mg/l, permanganate oxidation - mg/l, ammonia ions - mg/l, nitrites - mg/l, nitrates - mg/l, chlorides - mg/l, sulfates - mg/l, hydrogen carbonates - mg/l, total hardness – mgeqv/l, calcium - mg/l, magnesium - mg/l, total iron - mg/l, manganese - mg/l, cadmium - mg/l, total chromium - mg/l, arsenic - mg/l, lead - mg/l, copper - mg/l, zink - mg/l, nickel - mg/l, electro conductivity – mS/sm, phosphates - mg/l
    Organization of collecting data:
    RIEW perform measurements and water sampling, analyze them and send the results as a database via telex in EEA.
    Data territorial cover-the territory of the whole country

    Available resource formats:

    • Paper carrier
    • Dbase III database and software for working with it

    Data original language:Bulgarian

    Languages for information keeping:Bulgarian

    Publications:
     Publishing of summarized data as assessments and analyses in:

    • Annual report for environment status,published by EEA
    • Green book for environment status, published by MOEW
    • Three-month bulletin for environment status in Bulgaria republic,published by EEA

    Internet publications:

    • Annual report for environment status
    • Three-month bulletin for environment status in Bulgaria republic, published by EEA

    Data access:
    An official request must be made to the Executive Director of the Agency, 
    specifying the required information and the need for this information.
    Reports can be made by RIEW, town and village, indicator, for periods of time

    Contact person: Rositza Gorova

    Position Senior expert in "Water" department,Directorate"Monitoring and sustainable development"
    Language skills English, Russian
    Town/Village-mail code Sofia-1618
    Street 136, Tzar Boris III Blvd., PO Box 256
    Telephone (+359 2) 955 98 18, 940 64 87
    Fax (+359 2) 9559015
    E-mail  gorova@eea.government.bg
Delivered data are current to November 2008