The Use of Tools to Assessment the Health Risks of the Population in the Water Management Planning (by the Example of the Kotorosl River Basin)

The article considers the possibility of increasing the basin management efficiency with the use of tools for assessing the public health risks. It presents the results of the years of the research into the surface water quality of the Kotorosl River in the Yaroslavl Region, the exposure load on the adults and children is assessed, and the peculiarities of risk-taking of the surface water source are identified. It is shown, that under the current peroral exposure the priority critical organs are the blood, gastrointestinal tract, and cardiovascular system. The executed clustering of the river plots allowed us to determine the problem areas.

The study results showed the perspective of risk assessment integration of the public health into water management planning, which will allow to optimize and increase the efficiency of basin management system.

Keywords: basin management, the surface water, human health risk assessment, pollutants.