The use of water pollution indices to assess the long-term variability of the state of the Vistula Lagoon
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https://doi.org/10.24852/2411-7374.2023.2.38.44Keywords:
Vistula Lagoon, water quality indices, water quality dynamics, eutrophication, treatment facilitiesAbstract
The Vistula Lagoon is a transboundary lagoon ecosystem of the Baltic Sea, which is subject to pollution from various anthropogenic sources. In 2007‒2020 for the entire Russian water area of the lagoon, the calculation of the water pollution indices WPI and SCWPI and the CCME WQI was performed. The highest level of water pollution is typical for the Eastern region and Primorskaya Bay, where the river Pregolya runoff and sewage of Kaliningrad enter. The values of all indices in the lagoon showed similar seasonal and long-term variability with the highest values during the period of the most eutrophic state and the algae «bloom». The invasion of the filter-feeding mollusk Rangia cuneata resulted in a decrease in the values of the WPI, SCWPI and CCME WQI in 2013-2017. The commissioning of treatment facilities of Kaliningrad in 2016 led to a significant decrease in pollution of the Primorskaya Bay.
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