THE CHLOROSODIUM MINERAL WATERS IN ALBA COUNTY, LASTING TOURISTIC PROTECTION AND CAPITALIZATION

Abstract

This study represents a continuation of the research and assessment of the resources of chlorosodium mineral waters on the territory of the Transylvanian Depression, especially regarding the emersion of salty springs, which are still not to be found in the literature of specialty.Therefore, this time, Alba County will be analyzed, a county in which certain researches have been made previously. Field research could also be added, representing the only possibility to update the data regarding the existent salty springs.The first already known examples are the chlorosodium mineral waters billeted in lakes situated in Ocna Mureş. As locations with chlorosodium mineral waters which appear at the surface under the form of salty springs with a salinity exceeding 1 g/l, as compared to the specified ones, Ocnişoara, Cetatea de Baltă, Petrisat - Blaj, Crăciunelu de Jos, Secăşel, Dumitra and Draşov are to be mentioned.As far as the protection of these resources is concerned, the main debated issues are related to phenomena such as their clogging and sweetening, which determines many springs of chlorosodium mineral waters to become ephemeral.

Keywords

• spring of salty waters
• salty lakes
• clogging
• sweetening