Potentials for sustainable usage of Karst aquifers in Serbia

A rapid increase in population along with climate change has a major impact on the environment, access to food and water, human health, human migration, the economy of countries, politics. Due to the expected lack of water it is necessary to invest in exploring potential water resources that could mitigate the expected negative impact of climate change on water resources. The karstic spring waters represent the waters of an exquisite quality and as such can almost without treatment be used even for water supply. The regulation of these waters can greatly mitigate the water shortage due to long-term drought or mitigate the flood wave during the period of intense precipitation. On the other hand, their multiphase / stage economic valorization with an environmental approach can be of great importance to the environment and its sustainable development.