The influence of water polution of the sava river on the ranney wells in Beograd

To investigate the interconnection of the Sava, Sava lake and ranney wells waters the method of enviromental isotopes was used, that included the measurements of Tritium concentration and Oxygen and Hydrogen stable isotopes rations. Starting from the generally accepted simple hydrogeological aquifer model which supposes that the two water components contribute to the pumped ranney wells water, the water sampling was done from the Sava, the Sava lake and properly selected ranney wells R-2, R-4, R-8, and R-18, from December 1975 to October 1976. As the characteristic sampling position of the backside groundwater reservoir, a deep back positioned well was chosen. The dates of sampling corresponded to the high and low water levels of the Sava. The Tritium data indicate that the concentration in the pumped ranney wells water follows relatively well the concentration in the Sava and the Sava lake water with a time delay of less than 10 days. From the analysed correlation data on oxygene and hydrogene stable isotopes rations the participation of the backside aquifer groundwater in R-2, R-4 and R-18 is less than 10% and in R-8 between 20 and 30%