279 Integral Water Management on the Territory of the Town of Kruševac INTEGRAL WATER MANAGEMENT ON THE TERRITORY OF THE TOWN OF KRUŠEVAC Ivan Filipović *1 , Ljiljana Striević * * University of of Niš - Faculty of sciencies and mathematics, Niš Аbstract: Providing suffcient amount of quality water for the population is a primary goal of each community. Both lack and irrational management of such an important resource infuenced actualization of this problem in Serbia, as well as the need to in- tensify the activities on preserving water resources through implementation of Direc- tive on waters, brought by European Union, based on integral management of water resources. This work analyzes available water resources on the territory of the town of Kruševac from the aspect of integral water management, which implies considera- tion of the problem of optimal usage of water resources for the need of different users, as well as protection of water resources from pollution. Organized water supplying of the population of Kruševac with quality water, as the most important activity in water management, is partly realized by building by building reservoir “Ćelije“, while ground waters are still used for supplying industrial plants. Besides providing suff- cient amounts of water, adequate purifcation and waste water drainage from the set- tlements and industrial plants represent a big problem. This problem could be solved by increasing the number of households connected to sewage network and the amount of communal and industrial waste waters which are purifed adequately, by construct- ing new and reconstructing the existing plants. Regular and adequate water supply of population and industry is an important matter, but it is equally important to preserve the rivers and underground springs from unpurifed, used water loaded with harmful substances which can lead to disturbance of river eco-systems. The aim of this work is to point out the possibilities of more rational usage and more quality protection of water resources on the territory of Kruševac, which would more adequately coordinate economic and social development and principles of sustainable water management. Key words: integral management, water resources, the town of Kruševac. 1 Corresponding author: Lj. Striević, University of Niš - Faculty of sciencies and mathematics, Višegradska 33, 18,000 Niš, Serbia; e-mail: ljiljanastricevic@pmf.ni.ac.rs Review article UDC 502.14(497.11) Received: 28. October 2017; doi: 10.5937/zrgfub1765279F Received in revised form: 10. November 2017; Accepted: 25. November 2017; Available online: 15. December 2017