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Environmental risk in the water catchments are closely related to the quality and quantity of water flows in the catchment and the quality is one of the most important indicators of risk in the river basin. The monitoring and evaluation of water quality have a permanent place in the process of risk management. The possibility of minimizing the negative impact on the environment presents the assessment and management of environmental risks by using different methodologies. Methodology for assessing environmental risks in the basin presents a risk characterization for the particular conditions of water flows. The results represent the basis for risk management in the river basin, whose task is to ensure the sustainability of water bodies.

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Eva SingovszkaTechnical University of Kosice, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Vysokoskolska 4, 042 00 Kosice, Slovakia

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