Integrated Water Quality Management Model for the Rural Transboundary River Basin—A Case Study of the Sutla/Sotla River

The intensive use of soil and water resources results in a disbalance between the environmental economic objectives river basin. quality management model supports good status, especially downstream dams reservoirs, as case Sutla/Sotla This research aims to develop new, improved integrated rural transboundary basins achieve protection Natura 2000 sites. uses basin pressure analysis assess effects climate hydrological extreme impacts, programme basic supplementary measures. impact assessment BASE MODEL, PAST, FUTURE scenarios was modelled using tool (SWAT) based on land use, data, change, presence or lack reservoir, municipal wastewater agriculture Eight future change were obtained with optimistic (RCP4.5) pessimistic (RCP8.5) forecasts for two periods (2020–2050 2070–2100), both without reservoir. shows that most significant impacts waterbody come from nutrients sediment hotspots, also risk not achieving eutrophication risk. average annual increase is 4 25% total N 1 8%, while P −5 6%. conducted provides base selection tailor-made measures catalogue will be outlined research.