Assessment of water quality of Erzen River in Albania and the impact of economic developments therein.

The proposed project aims to strengthen technical and scientific capacities of Polytechnic University of Tirana, in establishing of programmes and implementation of proper methodologies for monitoring of surface water quality. As a further goal, the impact of regional economic and social activities, like industrial and agricultural impact, tourism, services, etc. on river water quality will be assessed and evaluated, throgh periodically analysis of samples at-line or in the lab and comparison of the gained data with existings studies. The focus will be on establishing of analytical methodologies - including quality assurance - for most of physical, chemical and biological parameters, which provide the basis for river water quality assessment.