Vitaly Kimstach, Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme in Oslo, NorwayMichel Meybeck, Laboratory of Applied Geology, University of Paris IV Pierre et Marie Curie, ParisEllysar Baroudy, Monitoring and Assessment Research Centre (MARC), King's College London

• Foreword. Acknowledgements. Natural Water Resourses. Natural Composition of Surface Water and Ground Waters. Water Use and the Influence of Anthropogenic Activity. Water Quality Monitoring Systems. Salinisation. Eutrophication of Lakes and Reservoirs. Groundwater Contamination by Nitrogen and Phosphorus Compounds. Heavy Metals, Natural Variability and Anthropogenic Impacts. Organic Pollutants. Microbial Pollution. Acidification. River Fluxes. Hydrobiological Assessment. The Lower Don Basin. The Amu Darya. Rybinsk Reservoir on the Volga River. Dnieper and its Cascade of Reservoirs. Lake Baikal. Lake Ladoga. Water Resourses of the Moscow Region. General Appendices. Index.

Vitaly Kimstach, Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme in Oslo, NorwayMichel Meybeck, Laboratory of Applied Geology, University of Paris IV Pierre et Marie Curie, ParisEllysar Baroudy, Monitoring and Assessment Research Centre (MARC), King's College London

• Foreword. Acknowledgements. Natural Water Resourses. Natural Composition of Surface Water and Ground Waters. Water Use and the Influence of Anthropogenic Activity. Water Quality Monitoring Systems. Salinisation. Eutrophication of Lakes and Reservoirs. Groundwater Contamination by Nitrogen and Phosphorus Compounds. Heavy Metals, Natural Variability and Anthropogenic Impacts. Organic Pollutants. Microbial Pollution. Acidification. River Fluxes. Hydrobiological Assessment. The Lower Don Basin. The Amu Darya. Rybinsk Reservoir on the Volga River. Dnieper and its Cascade of Reservoirs. Lake Baikal. Lake Ladoga. Water Resourses of the Moscow Region. General Appendices. Index.

Vitaly Kimstach, Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme in Oslo, NorwayMichel Meybeck, Laboratory of Applied Geology, University of Paris IV Pierre et Marie Curie, ParisEllysar Baroudy, Monitoring and Assessment Research Centre (MARC), King's College London

• Foreword. Acknowledgements. Natural Water Resourses. Natural Composition of Surface Water and Ground Waters. Water Use and the Influence of Anthropogenic Activity. Water Quality Monitoring Systems. Salinisation. Eutrophication of Lakes and Reservoirs. Groundwater Contamination by Nitrogen and Phosphorus Compounds. Heavy Metals, Natural Variability and Anthropogenic Impacts. Organic Pollutants. Microbial Pollution. Acidification. River Fluxes. Hydrobiological Assessment. The Lower Don Basin. The Amu Darya. Rybinsk Reservoir on the Volga River. Dnieper and its Cascade of Reservoirs. Lake Baikal. Lake Ladoga. Water Resourses of the Moscow Region. General Appendices. Index.