Sustainable rural development through improving water supply in mountain huts

Abstract

Abstract. Among the issues of the public services of economic interest, the water supply of urban and rural localities (areas where investment in this sector is limited) is of particular importance in maintaining social cohesion, raising the quality of life and ensuring sustainable development. The purpose of this analysis is to propose solutions for insuring and improving the water supply of isolated consumers in mountain rural areas, which is why a mountain tourist mountain hut has been chosen for this study. In this context, this paper addresses as a solution for the sustainable management of natural resources the use of rainwater. It is proposed to redesign the sanitary installation so that plumbing items that do not require drinking water can be fed through a separate installation. The proposed solutions are based on a comparative analysis of the microbiological parameters and the quality indicators between precipitation water and spring water with which the mountain hut is fed by an individual system. It is concluded that the recovery, storage and the use of the rainwater plays an important role in ensuring the supply of drinking water for the mountain cabin during periods when the water flow of the spring is low (in winter) and it contributes significantly to saving the freshwater resource in the area where the mountain hut is located.

20th International Scientific Conference "Economic Science for Rural Development 2019". Integrated and sustainable regional development. Marketing and sustainable consumption.

“…For a sustainable and smart EU development, it is necessary to promote a more resource efficient, greener, more competitive economy based on knowledge and innovation and with major investment in less developed regions of the EU. In general, investments were made in Romania in urban areas, and rural localities with few households and especially disadvantaged regions did not come to the attention of the authorities (Foris D., 2018). For this reason, for Romania, the basic objective of regional development should be to reduce existing regional imbalances, by stimulating balanced development, by recovering delays in the development of disadvantaged areas due to various economic and geographical conditions, and by preventing new imbalances.…”