ISSN 1820-8320 CITY ASSEMBLY OF BELGRADE SECRETARIAT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENT in the City of BELGRADE 2010 INSTITUT OF PUBLIC HEALTH of BELGRADE REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER ENVIRONMENT IN THE CITY OF BELGRADE Authors: 1. Prim. Dr (Mrs) Snežana Matić-Besarabić, MD (IPH) 2. Mrs Milica Gojković, B.Sc. (Eng) 3. Mrs Vojislava Dudić, B.Sc. (Eng) (Institute of Public Health Republic of Serbia „Dr Milan Jovanović Batut“) 4. Mr (Mrs) Gordana Pantelić, M. Sc Physics (Institute for Occupational medicine and radiological protection „Dr Dragomir Karajović“) 5. Prim. Dr Miroslav Tanasković MD (IPH) 6. Dr Marina Mandić-Miladinović (IPH) 7. Aljoša Tanasković B. Sc (Biology) IPH 8. Dr Slaviša Mladenović MD (IPH) 9. Dr Dragan Pajić MD (IPH) 9. Boško Majstorović, B.Sc. (Eng) IPH 10. Boško Majstorović, B.Sc. (Eng) IPH 11. Dr Milan Milutinović MD (IPH) Editorial board Mrs Marija Grubačević, B.Sc. (Eng), Secretariat for Environmental Protection Dr (Mrs) Snežana Matić- Besarabić, MD, Institute of Public Health Mr Radomir Mijić, M. Sc. B. Sc. (Eng) Secretariat for Environmental Protection Publishers Secretariat for Environmental Protection, Belgrade Institute of Public Health of Belgrade The Regional Environmental Center, CO Serbia For publishers Mr Goran Trivan B.Sc (Eng) , Secretariat for Environmental Protection Mr Slobodan Tošović, M.Sc. MD, Institute of Public Health of Belgrade Mr Jovan Pavlović, M.Sc. (Met), The Regional Environmental Center, CO Serbia Translation Mrs Vesna Dražilović-Dadić, B.A. (ling) Design and prepress Studio Čavka (Nebojša Čović) Cover Page Design Dragan Djordjević and Tijana Knežević Printed by Standard 2, Belgrade ISBN 978-86-7550-068-1 (REC) C O N T E N T S Our Heritage: On The Path Of Natural Biodiversity . 4 CITY of Belgrade . 7 Important DATES . 7 Facts about BELGRADE . 8 Climate . 9 History . 9 Forests and Parks . 10 City Administration . 10 City Public Companies and Institutions . 11 Addresses & IMPRINT . .11 Activities of the Secretariat for the Environment in the period January - December 2010. 13 Employees of the Secretariat for the Environment . 15 Organizational Chart – Secretariat for Environmental Protection . 16 Monitoring Programs . 17 Air quality Control – Objectives . 17 Criteria For The Selection Of Air Pollutants To Be Monitored . 19 Ambient Air Quality 2006-2010 . 19 Air Pollution Produced By The Substances Originating From Mobile Sources . 22 Radioactivity In The Air . 22 3 Quality Of Surface Waters In Belgrade . 23 Quality Of The Water In Ada Ciganlija Lake, “Lido” Swimming Area And The Reservoirs At The Foot Of Mt. Avala: “Pariguz”, “Bela Reka” And “Duboki Potok” In 2010 . 26 Quality Of Drinking Water From The Belgrade Waterworks . 29 Quality Of Drinking Water From Public Fountains . 33 Pollution Of The Soil In Belgrade In 2010 . 36 Communal Noise In Belgrade . 38 Engagement of Mobile Ecotoxicological Unit in 2010 in Chemical Accidents in Belgrade . 40 Monitoring And Environmental Indicators In Prevention And Health Risk Assessment . 43 Public Utilities Of Belgrade In The Protection Of The Environment . 44 The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe . 49 Institut Of Public Health Of Belgrade . 50 Clinical Center of Serbia Institute of Occupational and Radiological Health “Dr. Dragomir Karajović” . 51 Institute Of Public Health Of Serbia “Dr Milan Jovanović Batut“ . 52 OUR HERITAGE: ON THE PATH OF NATURAL BIODIVERSITY Belgrade, our city, has a long and SEARCHING FOR GEODIVERSITY OF diverse composition, we may claim diversified history and a very rich BELGRADE that geological history of Belgrade natural heritage. It was founded on There is an inseparable connection has covered the period of ap- the confluence of the Danube and between biological and geological proximately 200 million years ago. Sava, persisting throughout history diversity; our planet is a unity of the The above samples may be found and changing its inhabitants, look living and inanimate environments. in deep gorges, on the shores of and magnitude ever since historians It ahs been functioning in harmony our rivers and along the roads. In have marked its name as „Sing- with the laws of nature. Mesozoic (251 to 65 million years idunum“. It was approximately 300 Geological diversity is a reflection of ago), neogenic and post- neogenic years B.C. The city has been expand- the former biodiversity and its foun- (23 million years ago until today), this ing on the account of its green areas, dation today. It represents a diversity area had witnessed very complex using lavishly natural resources of of geological and geo-morpholog- tectonic processes. Oldest rocks the so- called „Beam of Sumadija“. ical phenomena that had occurred in Belgrade and its surrounding are Belgrade has overtaken its hills, val- through actions of inner and outer from Mesozoic (Jurassic- 206 to 144 leys, and parts of the Pannonia plain. forces of the planet itself. It encom- million years ago and Cretaceous- It ahs become a major international passes fossil remnants of flora and 146 to 65 million years ago). crossroad point, one among the fauna, rocks and minerals of all kinds Most famous geological heritage most appealing urban environments and all processes and phenomena from this period is the Tesic Mine (in of the European continent. that document major phases in the settlement of Ripanj, character- Belgrade is an area of high biodiver- the evolution of live and inanimate ized by magma and sediment rocks sity and rich geological heritage that worlds. It also encompasses different originating from Cretaceous). An- have been jeopardized by numerous periods of geologic history of our other site is the Masin Mine, located anthropologic factors. Tthe care planet. in the summer stage in Topcider. It 4 for them and maintenance are an The wealth of geodiversity depends was built from oceanic sandbank imperative of our civilian awareness on the types of geologic processes material of the Lower Cretaceous and mutual responsibility we have that have occurred in certain mo- period. for the generations to come. ment on a certain soil. Magma rocks and serpentine We do not have sufficient informa- Geological history has given peridotites have used tectonic tion concerning the city’s natural Belgrade rich heritage: in the form movements in order to surface over heritage, the one important for of „inscriptions “in the rocks, from 100 kilometers. At the time of their living and surviving of humankind. which we may find out what the creation, this environment had been Not even biological and geological space we have been living today had witnessing the formation of rocks. diversity has been well known. Many looked like several hundred million Cretaceous rocks, most prominent a citizen has not had the opportu- years ago. Geological heritage of our among them, have been capturing nity to see them, get to know better capital is present in the form of col- fossils ever since. Such rocks are the the habitats within the city with lections of minerals, rocks and fossils foundation of Belgrade, with „young- rare species, or sites with important that are carefully stored and kept er “ones having been sedimented „minutes“ of the Planet’s evolution- in the Museum of Natural History, upon them afterwards. rocks and minerals of our environ- School of Mining and Geology and Most important geoheritage objects ment. other relevant facilities. An impor- are serpentinites and peridotites, Getting to know natural diversity of tant part of the city’s geoheritage is found in Bubanj Potok (the settle- Belgrade is just a first step toward also seen as buildings. Made from ment of Beli Potok). The rocks with validation of the natural basis of rock that had come from all over above minerals and stones are oldest sustainable development and lasting Serbia, these edifices represent a rec- in the city and are visible on the of the city’s ecosystem, central axis of ognizable seal in urban architecture. surface. biodiversity and geodiversity. Based on the fossils excavated from In paleogenic time (65 to 23 million the rocks and on the very rocks of years ago), this area was dry again. Therefore, we have no sea fos- rivers Sava and Danube and their the building of Main Post office sils originating from that time. In aluvial layers, on which our city lies, was made from granodiorite neogenic (23 million years ago), the we have the Belgrade Podunavlje, originating from Boranja; entire area had been covered by and Zemun Posavina. In the hilly Bel- St Mark Church, the Hall of Syn- Pannonia Sea. When the sea had grade Posavina, most interesting part dicate and decorative staircase of retreated, huge sediment findings is the confluence of Topciderska the Bridge of Branko were made remained in the entire area covered Reka: it has been cut into the „Beam from gray sandstone originating by what we today call „Belgrade“. of Sumadija“, the geological founda- from Bele vode (near Krusevac); These are clay of many sorts, sand, tion of Belgrade. We may distinguish The street of Knez Mihailo was and conglomerate, cretaceous soil formations created by the Pannonia paved by the stone called „Jab- - all rich in fossils, shellfish, snails, Sea wave activities and by the river lanicka gabra“. The same stone algae - witnesses of the long and rich erosion. Fossil meanders (still waters) was used to erect the „Monu- history of our city. are especially interesting - they have ment to the Unknown Hero” in been transformed to arable land. Most prominent geoheritage sites the Mount of Avala. of the period are: geological profile The relief of Zemunska Posavina is in Veliko selo (older Miocene), the rather simple: in its thick marl layers, Kalemegdan Miocene sandbank, we may see the relief created by river BIODIVERSITY IN BELGRADE created from the material originat- activity. Belgrade ranges among the areas of ing from the former Pannonia Sea; a There are karst reliefs in Belgrade- high biodiversity.