Institute for Sustainable Innovation

The Risk-Oriented Approach Assessment of Water Quality of the Small Rivers, as a Perspective Direction of Sustainable Development of Urban Areas (For Example, the River Kotorosl in Yaroslavl)

Ahremenko A., Kashenkov Y., Borodkin A.
Published: Sustainable Development: Science and Practice: An International Electronic Journal. (2015). № 2 (15).

The article considers the possibility of ecological and hygienic water quality analysis on the example of the small river Kotorosl River in the city of Yaroslavl. Suggests approaches to the use of risk assessment procedures for the health of the water factor for hazard identification and selection of priority the negative components of the river water.

Keywords: water resources, sustainable development, the environment, development indicators, chemical composition, concentration, MPC, river water, health risk assessment, non-carcinogenic risk.