Management of water resources in the contemporary environment

Having in mind the fact that water makes 60% of human body and up to 95% of a plant’s weight, it can be said that water is the most important constituency element of living beings and the basis of life on Earth. As the most vital resource, water must be treated as “the common good“ and must be used rationally. On the other hand, the increase of number of people, urbanization and increase of standard of living, the latest toxicology research, and sometimes fear for one’s own health, cause the ever growing demand for good quality drinking water. Good quality waters in natural environment are becoming rare due to uncontrolled pollution, but often because geological quality of the water at its source is not in accordance with the quality of water safe for consumption. In this paper, authors analyze natural mineral waters and their role in the contemporary global environment, pointing out the importance and necessity of strategic management of the natural mineral waters and the water resources overall