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GROUNDWATERISK proposes to improve the methods of groundwater monitoring for a better quality of life in rural communities that use local sources of water and to raise the awareness of water users on the potential health risks and the need to protect vulnerable groundwater ecosystems.;Finding the most feasible method for groundwater microbiological monitoring to ensure water quality for human use and to better protect against possible outbreaks of pathogen bacteria in the drinking water; Risk assessment for the groundwater sources used by rural communities; Assessment of the groundwater ecosystem services to enhance conservation practices in rural communities. The target groups of our research are the rural communities that are not connected to a public water supply. . The project results will be related to: the evaluation of the quality and sustainability of groundwater sources used by the rural community across Romania; establish the most feasible method for microbiological monitoring and radon concentration measurements of drinking water to be applied by responsible agencies; assess the environmental and human-induced risks for groundwater sources in different regions of Romania; and educate people for the protection of their own source of water and its sustainable use.