The Ecological Risk of Deterioration in the Water Flow of the Udy River Basin

Abstract

The current state of surface waters requires the development of new scientific tools to prioritize the implementation of environmental protection measures. One of the most effective and efficient methods for determining the level of environmental hazard are environmental risk assessments. The method for assessing the environmental risk of disturbing the well-being of an aquatic ecosystem, presented in this paper, is based on the determination of environmental standards. The Udi River basin has a transboundary significance and flows through the territory of a large industrial center of Ukraine, characterized by high anthropogenic pressures. Therefore, prioritizing the implementation of environmental measures based on the assessment of the environmental risk of disturbing the well-being of the aquatic ecosystem of the watercourses of the Udi River Basin in the Kharkiv region is a very urgent task.