Base characteristic melioration territory "Upper Danube" inclusion round about 1.4 million ha area in Backa and Banat (Serbia, Yugoslavia) are presented in this paper. Specification problem maintenance of the drainage of system to originate because of discharge wastewater and sludge in channel and suggest in decides these problems are considered.

Upon the construction and introduction of overflow lagoons for gravitational precipitation, starch production plant wastewater drained into the river (channel) Nadel, satisfy quality conditions established for irrigation of crops which bare waters with high salinity.

Reproduction and planktonic phase of life of edible shellfishes, Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamk. and Ostrea edulis L. were the subject of the investigations. Biological and ecological characteristics of mentioned species have been studied in Boka Kotorska Bay (Adriatic Sea), Montenegro (Yugoslavia), having in mind data from the Adriatic Sea and Mediterranean. Beside, some localities from Boka Kotorska Bay, conveniet for their rearing, were described , too. A period of their appearance in plankton was considered before all.

In the late sixties and early seventies the processes of intensive erosion prevailed in the catchment and channel of the torrent Lonjinski Potok, Serbia (Yugoslavia). As the consequence the village Lonjin and the very important road Belgrade - Loznica - Uzice, Serbia (Yugoslavia). In the period 1973-1980, significant erosion control works (ECW) were performed in the watershed and in the channel of the Lonjinski Potok torrent. As the results of this the processes of low erosion occur in the watershed and sediment transport is under limit of the runoff regime. Now, runoff regime is balanced without the floods and long drought period. According his quality water belongs to the first classe. Results of research shows that erosion control works are, also, very important factor for balanced runoff regime and water quality.

In this paper we have pointed out the hydrogeological condition in the catchment area of the Jablanica river in the south Serbia (Yugoslavia). The two units are separately presented here. The first one is mountainous part of the catchment area upstream of the gaging station of Lebane and the second one is the part of the terrain in the plain down stream to the river mounth near Pecenjevac. The hydrogeological characteristics of the two mentioned regions are given to explain the reasons of existing the constant flow of the Jablanica to Lebane and its disappearing course in the period of recession in the plain downstream. The quality of water in the Jablanica river at Lebane is good. Down stream of this gaging station the waste water collector flows into the river. In the part of recession period the ratio between them is unfavourable. We have also discussed the quality of water at the gaging station of Pecenjevac and pointed out the function of sandy-gravel deposits in the process of natural purification of the Jablanica flow.

During the summer 1998 the second phase of Cadastre of Water Objects on the Teaching Base Goc, on the Goc mountain, in central Serbia (Yugoslavia) was done. Investigation was carried out on the territory of 20 square km, with serpentine as parent rock. Serpentine is decomposed in the surface layer, with sceletal soil up to 50 cm deep, insignificant retention attributes. Dominate surfaces under bare lands, meadows, pastures and degraded forest stands. 35 springs were registered, small volume yield (up to 0.29 l*/s), with pH=7.5 to pH8.5, electrical conductivity from 80 up to 800 microS*/cm, temperature 7.0-17.0 deg C. Springs are permanent, but on the higher parts could dry up. Water level in the serpentine has small hydraulic gradient, with slope to the zones of out flow, in other words, to the local erosion base. Hydrogeological characteristics of serpentine were analyzed detailed.

Studies of phytoplankton in the Montenegrin coastal sea (Adriatic Sea), Montenegro (Yugoslavia), have been done in August and September 1998. Simultaneously, investigations were carried out in the area of Boka Kotorska Bay (Kotor and Tivat Bays) and outside the Bay, i.e. in the zone exposed to the influence of the open sea (Petrovac and Budva). It was found that the density of microphytoplankton is higher during summer, than in the autumn. So in the summer-period, as a consequence of stronger eutrophication process, mean-value of microphytoplankton density was 10**5 cells/cubic dm, and in autumn 4 x 10**4 cells/cubic dm. On the contrary, mean-value of nanophytoplankton density was higher in the autumn (5.2 x 10**6 cells/cubic dm) than in summer (3.5 x 10**5 cells/cubic dm), being a consequence of a decreasing eutrophication during colder period of the year. Having in mind the direct influence of the open sea outside the Bay, it is intelligible that population density of both phytoplankton size-fractions is lower along the Montenegrin coast, than in the Boka Kotorska Bay (Montenegro, Yugoslavia).

The paper presents results of the hydroecological investigations of the Vlasina river basin, Serbia (Yugoslavia). The researches were performed in May and September 1996, as a part an annual investigation cycle. Samples were collected from five localities on the Vlasina river, and on two spots on its main tributaries - the Gradska river and Luznica, just before entering into the Vlasina. Qualitative and quantitative data on composition of phyto- and zooplankton, periphytic and benthic communities together with data obtained from physico-chemical water examinations were analysed to assess water quality of examined water courses. The results of performed monitoring were compared with informations on the sources of pollution, as well as with the data on hydrology, geomorphology, demographic variations, and recent development of tourism and industry in the Region in order to assess environmental quality of aquatic ecosystem and to suggest the conservation strategy.

Alcohol and yeast production is the most important part of the biotechnological production in Yugoslavia, with annual production of 13 667 867 liters of absolute alcohol and of 20 947 490 kg of yeast in the year 1998. Large environmental load is produced by wastewaters from alcohol and yeast factories (512 000 P.E.), especially by alcohol stillage (BOD 40 000 - 50 000 mg/L). Anaerobic treatment is suitable process for treatment of alcohol stillage, and of yeast factory wastewater. In this paper, effects of treatment process (organic load reduction, energy of produced biogas) are discussed; and potential of anaerobic treatment os wastewaters from Yugoslavia's alcohol and yeast factories is reviewed.

Monthly sampling in the Grosnica water reservoir near Kragujevac, Serbia (Yugoslavia), was carried out in the period October 1996 - September 1998. Comparison of the results with those obtained in 1950-1952 revealed changes in the qualitative and the quantitative composition of zooplankton. The presence of a considerably greater number of species was recorded, including some that were registered for the first time in this reservoir and which represent a very significant component in the dynamics of its zooplankton. A multi-fold increase of zooplankton production was also observed. The number of recorded species fluctuated from 26 in the winter to 59 in the summer. Average total abundance of zooplankton ranged from 100.7 ind./l (late spring to 2508.6 ind./l (summer). The results indicate an intensive process of eutrophication in the Grosnica water reservoir, the oldest artificial lake in the this part of Yugoslavia.