Abstract: Skopje Valley is the second largest and also the most populous region in the country. Waste
water from households, industry and agriculture ends up in the Vardar River as the largest
drainage artery in the region in the republic. Due to the international conventions for the
protection of international watercourses and therefore benefiting from irrigation water, the
quality of Vardar River in Skopje and elsewhere in R. Macedonia is permanently active topic
under constant surveillance. The waters of Vardar through the Skopje string section
according to the legal regulations of the Republic Macedonia, shows solid summative quality.
More worrisome is the situation with the organic loads and heavy metals that reduce the
irrigation eligibility for agricultural purposes. |