ABSTRACT
In Vojvodina, the northern province of the Republic of Serbia, around 600,000 people are still supplied with drinking water with elevated arsenic concentrations. The different groundwaters contain up to 270 µg/L of arsenic, and various other natural contaminants such as natural organic matter, sodium and phosphates. These other constituents can make the water difficult to treat efficiently. This work provides three examples of pilot scale investigations conducted in Vojvodina to identify and optimise technologically sound and economically feasible water supply solutions which take into account not only the quality of the source water, but also the levels of human and financial resources available for implementation of water supply infrastructure in the region.
