Government Decree No. HG932/2013 validating the Regulations on monitoring and systematic accounting of the state of surface and groundwater.

This Regulation on monitoring and systematic recording of the state of surface and groundwater defines: (a) a comprehensive long-term system of quantitative and qualitative assessment of surface and groundwater using procedures and technical measures for sampling, analysis and synthesis for the purposes of management and long-term use of water resources; (b) procedures, responsibilities and tasks for developing, updating and implementing surface and groundwater monitoring programs; (c) basic requirements for the content of monitoring programs, parameters to be monitored, technical procedures and measures necessary for sampling and compliance with analytical requirements for each parameter, quality control, laboratory practices and data management, and other procedures and measures as appropriate necessary to satisfy other data requirements. Types of monitoring shall be classified as follows: (a) supervisory monitoring; (b) operational monitoring; and (c) research monitoring. The national water monitoring system includes two types of monitoring, in accordance with the requirements of current legislation: supervisory monitoring, which is intended to assess the condition of all waterbodies in hydrographic basins, and operational monitoring (integrated into supervisory monitoring) for waterbodies that are at risk of not complying with environmental objectives in relation to water resources established in the management plans of basin districts. The functions of monitoring water quality, mainly determining the degree of pollution, are assigned to the central public authority for environmental protection, through subordinate institutions with functions in this field (State Hydrometeorological Service and Agency for Geology and Mineral Resources), while monitoring of the quality of drinking water from surface and underground sources belongs to the tasks of the central public health authority with its territorial structures.