5.4.4. Main surface water quality parameters of Hungarian rivers (1995–)*(1/2)

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Denomination Unit 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
River DANUBE, sampling station Rajka
Stream flow m³/s 293.0 388.0 493.0 380.5 439.0 429.0 481.0 500.0 410.0 389.0 418.0 853.0 426.7
Water temperature °C 11.2 9.5 10.7 11.8 10.7 11.8 11.1 11.0 11.8 10.1 11.0 9.8 11.7
Acidity pH 8.0 8.2 8.3 8.2 8.1 8.1 8.2 8.1 8.0 8.2 8.0 7.9 8.0
Dissolved oxygen mg O2/l 9.6 9.7 10.8 9.5 9.7 9.7 9.5 10.4 10.5 11.5 10.7 11.2 10.4
Oxygen saturation % 87.0 84.0 98.0 88.0 86.0 89.0 86.0 93.3 96.5 102.9 95.9 97.1 94.5
Biochemical oxygen demand, BOD5 (20°C, 5d) mg O2/l 2.1 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.1 1.6 1.8 2.9 2.5 2.2 2.7 2.5 2.2
Chemical oxygen demand, COD (K2Cr2O7) mg O2/l 12.0 13.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.1 9.3 9.7 9.8 11.0 9.0
Total suspended solid mg/l 42.0 29.0 42.0 17.0 34.0 36.0 27.0 26.9 17.5 18.6 33.6 69.0 29.0
Chloride mg/l 252.0 274.0 254.0 244.0 261.0 248.0 289.0 263.4 248.9 268.5 262.2 284.7 242.4
Total nitrogen µg N/l 3 100.0 3 320.0 2 653.0 4 456.0 3 882.0 3 850.0 3 600.0 3 506.3 2 912.8 3 260.9 2 356.9 2 726.2 2 431.7
Nitrates (NO3) µg NO3/l 9 228.5 11 464.9 8 981.5 8 431.3 9 390.3 8 510.0 8 300.0 9 060.5 8 523.3 8 637.4 8 276.3 8 581.2 7 746.3
Ammonium (NH4) µg N/l 90.0 86.0 78.0 74.0 72.0 80.0 63.8 80.7 52.3 64.1 46.5 46.2 34.2
Total phosphorus µg P/l 95.0 92.0 107.0 99.0 119.0 105.0 115.0 135.2 83.5 105.1 151.9 253.8 97.5
Orthophosphates µg P/l 74.0 71.0 43.0 44.0 37.0 50.0 40.0 42.7 29.4 37.7 43.5 95.5 41.1
Chlorophyll-a (summer) µg /l 11.4 19.8 22.2 30.5 23.4 16.6 20.9 17.7 15.1 22.5 22.6 14.8 16.4
Coliform-counts n/100 ml 1 150.0 1 293.0 469.0 1 796.0 902.0 580.0 850.0 1 485.5 436.7 401.7 460.0 600.0 ..
River DRÁVA, sampling station Drávaszabolcs
Stream flow m³/s 479.0 598.0 437.0 513.0 588.0 549.0 464.0 410.6 348.8 501.6 474.1 326.7 338.0
Water temperature °C 12.1 11.9 12.5 12.6 12.7 13.1 13.3 13.6 13.9 12.3 12.6 5.8 13.2
Acidity pH 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.1 8.1 8.2 8.2 8.1 8.0 8.0 8.0 7.9 ..
Dissolved oxygen mg O2/l 9.8 10.6 10.1 9.8 9.8 9.5 9.8 9.8 10.8 9.9 9.9 11.6 9.8
Oxygen saturation % 91.0 97.0 93.0 91.0 91.0 89.0 93.0 92.8 103.9 90.5 90.9 92.2 92.1
Biochemical oxygen demand, BOD5 (20°C, 5d) mg O2/l 3.5 3.1 3.3 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.6 2.3 3.0 2.4 2.1 3.6 1.6
Chemical oxygen demand, COD (K2Cr2O7) mg O2/l 9.0 11.0 9.0 9.0 11.0 8.0 7.0 7.1 8.4 7.7 8.8 10.0 9.2
Total suspended solid mg/l 25.0 21.0 15.0 22.0 30.0 17.0 14.0 12.6 11.5 9.7 18.3 11.0 14.0
Chloride mg/l 230.0 211.0 240.0 232.0 298.0 .. .. 180.0 .. .. .. .. ..
Total nitrogen µg N/l 2 600.0 2 594.0 1 989.0 2 241.0 1 975.0 1 710.0 1 630.0 1 697.5 1 638.9 1 684.3 1 700.0 2 330.0 1 741.4
Nitrates (NO3) µg NO3/l 8 180.0 7 240.0 6 060.0 6 300.0 6 500.0 5 370.0 5 000.0 5 241.7 5 029.1 5 865.4 6 316.7 6 320.4 5 111.5
Ammonium (NH4) µg N/l 70.0 53.0 67.0 55.0 47.0 60.0 50.0 75.8 79.6 43.5 50.8 56.9 39.1
Total phosphorus µg P/l 129.0 156.0 135.0 120.0 143.0 119.0 95.0 97.1 82.7 83.5 85.4 84.3 74.3
Orthophosphates µg P/l 58.0 50.0 46.0 60.0 59.0 60.0 45.0 39.5 30.2 45.0 44.9 41.2 40.0
Chlorophyll-a (summer) µg /l 8.6 19.2 13.3 10.9 8.7 10.4 14.9 15.8 32.9 8.8 10.6 9.3 12.8
Coliform-counts n/100 ml 3 070.0 3 539.6 1 248.3 724.8 790.8 1 450.0 390.0 395.9 1 215.0 203.8 793.3 140.0 78.0
River TISZA, sampling station Tiszabecs
Stream flow m³/s 286.0 173.0 204.0 288.0 212.0 161.0 375.0 256.2 109.2 232.7 190.5 223.6 215.0
Water temperature °C 9.9 9.2 9.4 9.7 10.1 10.5 10.4 10.4 10.1 10.0 9.5 10.5 13.9
Acidity pH 7.9 7.9 7.8 7.8 7.6 7.8 7.8 7.8 7.7 7.7 7.6 7.6 7.6
Dissolved oxygen mg O2/l 11.3 11.1 12.6 12.1 12.7 14.0 14.2 14.5 17.4 12.8 12.0 9.9 10.1
Oxygen saturation % 98.0 95.0 110.0 105.0 112.0 126.0 128.0 129.6 152.0 113.7 105.7 89.4 94.7
Biochemical oxygen demand, BOD5 (20°C, 5d) mg O2/l 1.9 1.5 2.0 2.6 3.6 2.8 3.6 2.8 2.9 3.4 3.5 4.1 2.8
Chemical oxygen demand, COD (K2Cr2O7) mg O2/l 8.0 5.0 7.0 10.0 12.0 9.0 13.0 10.3 10.0 12.2 12.0 13.4 18.0
Total suspended solid mg/l 54.0 46.0 54.0 58.0 36.0 53.0 163.0 55.4 27.3 41.2 68.7 45.9 26.8
Chloride mg/l 232.0 261.0 177.0 182.0 210.0 224.0 216.0 219.5 268.8 240.2 327.4 313.9 207.0
Total nitrogen µg N/l 1 030.0 884.0 828.0 1 000.0 870.0 860.0 870.0 1 026.2 880.8 811.5 758.1 740.4 1 409.0
Nitrates (NO3) µg NO3/l 4 100.0 3 410.0 2 920.0 3 390.0 2 840.0 2 660.0 2 770.0 3 500.0 2 940.0 3 103.8 2 819.2 2 750.0 2 316.1
Ammonium (NH4) µg N/l 20.0 32.0 80.0 60.0 68.0 60.0 40.0 55.4 79.2 53.5 58.5 52.1 98.5
Total phosphorus µg P/l 67.0 84.0 71.0 21.0 66.0 50.0 128.0 75.3 61.7 117.0 75.4 82.1 ..
Orthophosphates µg P/l 45.0 49.0 54.0 13.0 49.0 29.0 50.0 40.8 31.7 31.9 30.2 30.3 11.8
Chlorophyll-a (summer) µg /l 23.4 4.4 3.6 2.7 2.6 2.0 2.0 1.9 3.6 1.9 2.6 1.7 3.6
Coliform-counts n/100 ml 845.0 525.7 40 271.7 2 863.3 4 471.4 2 040.0 1 390.0 917.5 1 834.3 1 440.0 646.0 792.5 725.0
*Source: VITUKI Kht. Arithmetic mean values. 

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