WATER QUALITY SYNTHESIS IN THE MURES HYDROGRAPHIC BASIN. A PRACTICAL WAY OF APPLYING THE CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.

Sustainable development has been conceived as a solution to the ecological crisis caused by the intense industrial exploitation of resources and the continuous degradation of the environment and seeks primarily to preserve the quality of the environment. Sustainable development also brings to the forefront a new set of values that will guide the future model of economic and social progress, values that focus on man and his present and future needs, the natural environment - protecting and preserving it, and mitigating the current deterioration of ecosystems. Thus, the transfer of water between river basins can develop energy activities with major economic impact, protects flood-related areas, creates places work in hydro-technical constructions, etc. at the same time, financial resources are consumed which can affect investments in other economic and social sectors. Water policy has to be integrated with national economic policy and national sectoral policies whose impacts on the environment in general and water in particular need to be highlighted through specialist studies. The water resource planning and development programs produce important macroeconomic effects. The paper aims to highlight both the principles and the concept of integrated water resources management of the Romanian Mures hydrographic basin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]