Pollution of the Vardar River from Skopje’s Sewerage as Problem for Urban and Agricultural Areas

Vardar River as the largest river in the country is the skeleton of a hydrographic system that is exposed to various types of pollution that in a long time can have unforeseeable negative consequences for the entire ecosystem in Republic of Macedonia. One of the major concentrated pollutants of Vardar river is the sewage system of the City of Skopje. The sewer of the City of Skopje is separated and is divided into fecal and atmospheric sewer. Also, as a problem of pollution that can occur are atmospheric water deposits (rainfallс) that collect whole dirt from the air over the City of Skopje and together with atmospheric waste water is transported into Vardar river. To solve this burning problem, until now three feasibility studies were made in different time periods that only confirms and justify the need for construction of central waste water treatment plant for fecal waste water. All previous measurements of the quality of waste water unequivocally indicate on completely degraded quality of fecal waste water.

Hydrological arrays of flows and rainfall, dry periods, level of self-purifying of river water, quality of measurements of fecal waste water, European standards for quality of waste water.

Stojan Srbinoski.Pollution of the Vardar River from Skopje’s Sewerage as Problem for Urban and Agricultural Areas.Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology A 16 (2026) 134-142, doi: 10.17265/2161-6256/2026.03.003

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