Risk Assessment of Pollution by Wastewater from Vessels for the Port of Kotor

Abstract

The efficiency of risk management is dependent on understanding the complexity, type and nature that the environment deals with. The Bay of Kotor stands as the most prominent natural resource of our country and, as being such, it requires a high level of protection. Sea vessels that visit the Bay of Kotor represent a potential hazard in terms of possible discharge of wastewater. With the increase in the traffic volume in the Bay of Kotor and Port of Kotor, the need for a stronger use of risk assessment tools in the effort to identify the possible source of pollution, has also arisen. The risk assessment model aimed at detecting wastewater pollution in the Bay area caused by seagoing vessels that visit the Boka Bay and Port of Kotor may be considered as a generally applicable method for identifying and assessing the risk of sea pollution by wastewater.