DEPARTMENT OF HYDROGEOLOGY

Family name:	Polomčić
First name:	Dušan
Date of birth:	31.07.1965.
Nationality:	Serbian
Civil Status:	Full Professor
Education:	PhD
Institution:	Faculty Of Mining And Geology, University of Belgrade
Dates:	09.10.1992.
Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:	Bachelor of Hydrogeology
Institution:	Faculty Of Mining And Geology, University of Belgrade
Dates:	19.04.1996.
Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:	Master of Hydrogeology
Institution:	Faculty Of Mining And Geology, University of Belgrade
Dates:	13.07.1999.
Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:	PhD of Hydrogeology
Institution:	Faculty Of Mining And Geology, University of Belgrade
Membership of professional bodies:	- International Association of Hydrogeology, - Serbian Geology Society
Years with the firm:	23
Present and past positions :	- Dean of Faculty of the Mining and Geology, University of Belgrade 2015-2018 - President of the Council of the Faculty of Mining and Geology, 2014-2015, 2018 - - Member of the Senate of University of Belgrade 2015-2018 - Member of the Council group of technical and technological sciences at the University of Belgrade 2015- 2018 - Head of Department of Hydrogeology 2012-2015, 2018- - Founder and Head of the Groundwater Modeling Center 2014- - Founder of the Laboratory for the design and management of groundwater sources 2018- - Chairman of the supervisory board of the Alumni of Faculty of Mining and Geology 2010 - - Deputy Head of Department of Hydrogeology 2000-2012 - Deputy Head of Department of Geology 2005-2012
Key qualifications	Groundwater modeling, water management, water supply, projecting of water sources, mine dewatering, protection of groundwater sources
Specific experience	25 years of practical experience in designing and implementation of research primarily in the domain of: hydrodynamical analysis in water resources assessment and evaluation; groundwater protection of aquifers; designing and management of groundwater sources; environmentally safe extraction of groundwater; environmental impact studies; exploration of water bottling sources, projecting systems of mine dewatering. Over one thousand projects, studies and expertises.
Publications and Seminars	Over 150 published articles, 9 memoirs, 9 softwares for pumping well testing and groundwater modeling.

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Extract from the list of projects and studies

• Forecast the effects of exploitation of groundwater for water supply Pozarevac by mathematical model
• Hydrodynamic analysis of conditions for the opening groundwater source in Grabovica field for the water supply of Grabovica
• Project of rehabilitation of fluoride pollution in groundwater sources Carine - Kladovo
• Hydrodynamic analysis of a part of Belgrade sources to determine the optimal capacity wells
• Hydrodynamic model of drainage the open pit mine "Drmno" (1998 to 2004)
• Hydraulic analysis of filtration stability of the building dam of drainage channels Drina - Glogovac
• Project of the revitalization and increase the capacity of the source for the water supply of Prijedor (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• Techno-economic analysis of the development of cut-off wall in the open pit mine "Drmno"
• The preliminary feasibility study of the opening and building open pit mine "Field E" (Kolubara coal basin)
• The main mining project of the deposit exploitation "Omarska" - location "Buvač" (Republic of Srpska)
• Technical project of phase opening deposit "Omarska" - location "Buvač" (Republic of Srpska)
• Selection of constraints and opening the open pit mine ”South field” in Kolubara’s coal basin
• Study of establishment and development of a system for monitoring the regime of surface and groundwater in order to create a mathematical model of hydrodynamic conditions to forecast the effects of drainage on surface coal mines of ”Electric Power” in Serbia
• Project of lowering of groundwater level foundation pits of pumping station "Bezdan 1".
• The main mining project of open pit mine "Drmno" for the the capacity of 9x106 tons of coal per year - Basic concepts
• The preliminary feasibility study of the opening and building the open pit mine "Field C" (Kolubara coal basin)
• The main mining project of the expansion the open pit mine "Field C"
• Innovated preliminary project with feasibility study to upgrade open pit mine "Drmno" for capacity of 9 x 106 tones of coal per year
• Preliminary project with a feasibility study of coal exploitation in open pit mine "Radljevo"
• Study of expandable of capacity of source "Vodokanal" - Bečej and assessing the influence of the source "Soja Protein"
• Preliminary project with a feasibility study of opening and construction of the open pit mine "Field G"
• The study of estimates the impact of the open pit sand "Jakovačka Kumsa" - Jakovo on existing and projected groundwater source of Zidine
• Project of the posibilities of enlargement of the groundwater source “Jaros” (Sombor)
• Project of the groundwater reserves with sanitary protection zones of the source “Vodokanal” (Bečej)
• Project of the groundwater reserves with sanitary protection zones of the sources “Jarak” and “Fiserov salas” (Ruma)
• Project of the groundwater reserves with sanitary protection zones of the sources „Zelenica“ and „Gornje polje“ (Loznica)
• Technical mining project of dewatering "Field D" in front of the works BTO system in Range pit "Field E"
• The mining project of the rehabilitation of drainage system of open pit "Drmno"
• Rehabilitation Project of the open pit Tamnava - West Field (after the floods of 2014)
• The hydrodynamic calculation of the radius influence of groundwater sources „Parmenac“ and „Beljina“ in Čačak
• Hydrodynamic studies on the impact of groundwater on the body of the regional landfill "Kalenić"
• Kalenić Landfill Project – Hydrological Risk Assessment
• The interaction of objects and activities of the Petroleum Industry of Serbia with the groundwater source Jagodica in Kostolac.
• The Final Report on the Conducted Hydrodynamic Research in the Wider Area of the Polymetallic Copper Deposits Cukaru Peki, Serbia
• Project of revitalization of the wells RB-17 by embankment of new drains - Study on hydrogeological conditions for injecting new drains on the well RB-17 of the Belgrade-based groundwater source.

Extract from the list of Scientific projects

• Water Mineral Resources of lithosphere of Serbia, 1991-1995 (Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Serbia)
• Hydrogeological investigations of lithosphere Serbia, 1996-2000 (Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Serbia)
• New technology of making the screen in surface coal exploitation. Project of the National Energy Efficiency Program, 2006-2007
• Evaluation of the reserves from regional groundwater sources for water supply - groundwater regulation and increase capacity within the group of strategic projects „The research, optimal use and sustainable management of groundwater resources of Serbia" (Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of the Republic of Serbia), 2006-2008
• Technology development of the horizontal wells for drainage in coal open pit mines, Faculty of Mining and Geology, 2008-2009
• International Project “Climate Change and Impacts on water supply - CCWaters” (2009-2012), part of the Europe programme “The South East Europe Transnational Programme”, financed by EU Delegation for Serbia, IPA fund, with 18 Institution from 9 countries of South-East Europe.
• Improving technology of opencast lignite to increase energy efficiency, security and safety, 2011 –
• Simultaneous bioremediation and soilification degraded areas for conservation of natural resources of biologically active substances and the development and production of biomaterials and diet products, Subproject: Privacy and geo-biomedia as natural resources and sources of biologically active substances, 2011 -

Extract from the list of Significant scientific papers

• Pušić M., Papić P., Polomčić D.: “Injection Test of Thermal Water in The Panonian Basin (Yugoslavia). 7th International Conference on Thermal Energy Storage. Pp 817-822. Megastock, Sapporo, Japan, 1997.
• Pušić M., Babac D., Polomčić D.: Prognosis of the effects of exploitation of alluvial aquifer by mathematical model. Conference „100 years of modern hydrogeology in Yugoslavia“, pp.33-40. Belgrade, 1997
• Pušić M., Polomčić D.: "Particle tracking” analysis of the pollutant transport on the Kladovo watersource example. "Water Resources – Use and Protection", pp. 101–106, Sofia, Bulgaria, September 23 - 25, 1998.
• Pušić M., Polomčić D.: The application of three-dimensional hydrodynamic model to analyze the seepage stability of channels. Proceedings of the 20th Yugoslav conference "Water and Sewage”, pp. 163-167. Zrenjanin, 1999
• Pušić M., Polomčić D., Radonić S., Popović Z.: Simulation of groundwater regime developing a hydrodynamical model of the open cast mine “Drmno” in Kostolac coal basen. Mining Science and Technology Vol 3. No. 1-4. pp. 7-21. Institute of Mining, 1998
• Polomčić D.: The influence of the size of the discretization of space and time on the accuracy of the results for designing hydrodynamic model. Papers of Geoinstitut, pp. 197 – 209. Belgrade, 2004
• Polomčić D., Đekić M., Milosavljević S., Popović Z., Milaković M., Ristić Vakanjac V., Krunić O.: Sustainable use of groundwater resources in terms of increasing the capacity of two intrconnected groundwater source: A case study Bečej (Serbia). 11th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Geoconference SGEM 2011, pp. 599-606. STEP92 Technology Ltd., Bulgaria, 2011. ISSN; 1314-2704 DOI: 10.5593/sgem2011.
• Stevanović Z., Kozak P., Lazić M., Szanyi J., Polomčić D., Kovacs B., Torok J., Milanović S., Hajdin B., Papić P.: Towards Sustainable Management of Transboundary Hungarian-Serbian Aquifer. The Chapter in the International Monography Transboundary Water Resources Management: A Multidisciplinary Approach, 1 Ed. (eds. Ganoulis J., Aureli A. and Fried J.). Wiley-VCH Verlag. pp. 143-149, (ISBN 978-3-527-33014-0), 2011.
• Polomčić D., Krunić O., Ristić Vakanjac V.: Hydrogeological and hydrodynamic characteristics of groundwater sources for the public water supply of Bečej (northern Serbia). Anales Geologiques de la Peninsule Balkanique no. 72, pp. 143-157. ISSN: 0350-0608, DOI: 10.2298/GABP1172143P
• Polomčić D.: Hydrodynamic model of Pirot basin and karst massif of Stara planina mt. The Chapter in the International Monography Climate Change and Impacts on Water Supply, (ed. Stevanović Z., Ristić Vakanjac V., Milanović S.). University of Belgrade, pp. 391-416, ISBN 978-86-7352-263-0, 2012.
• Papić P., Ćuk M., Todorović M., Stojković J., Hajdin B., Atanacković N., Polomčić D.: Arsenic in tape waters of the south Pannonian basin (Serbia) and arsenic risk assessment. Polish Journal od Environmental Studies, Vol. 21, No 6, 11-259-266, pp. 1783-1790, 2012. ISSN 1230-1485, Impact Factor 0.508,
• Krunić O., Parlić S., Polomčić D., Jovanović M., Erić S.: Origin of Fluorine in Mineral Waters of Bujanovac Valley (Serbia, Europe). ISSN 0016-7029, Geochemistry International, 2013, Vol. 51, No. 3, pp. 205–220. Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2013. DOI: 10.1134/S0016702913010059. ISSN PRINT: 0016-7029, ISSN ONLINE: 1556-1968, Impact Factor 0.460
• Šubaranović T., Pavlović V., Polomčić D., Malbašić V.: Influence on Environment of Sealing Screen at Lignite Opencast Mines. Metalurgia International Vol. XVIII (2013), No. 5, pp. 169-176. ISSN 1582-2214, Impact Factor 0.084,
• Polomčić D., Hajdin B., Stevanović Z., Bajić D., Hajdin K.: Groundwater management by riverbank filtration and an infiltration channel: the case of Obrenovac, Serbia. Hydrogeology Journal, vol. 22, issue 126, 2013. DOI: 10.1007/s10040-013-1025-9. Print ISSN: 1431-2174, Online ISSN: 1435-0157, Impact Factor 1.798,
• Ristić Vakanjac V., Prohaska S., Polomčić D., Blagojević B., Vakanjac B.: Karst aquifer average catchment area assessment through monthly water balance equation with limited meteorological data set: Application to Grza spring in Eastern Serbia. Acta Carsologica Vol 42, No 1 (2013) pp. 109-119. UDC 556.33:551.44(497.11), DOI: 10.3986/ac.v42i1.642, ISSN: 0583-6050 Impact Factor 0.542,
• Polomčić D., Dragišić V., Živanović V.: Hydrodynamic modeling of a complex karst-alluvial aquifer: case study of Prijedor Groundwater Source, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Acta Carsologica Vol 42, No 1 (2013) pp. 93-107. UDC 556.3:551.44(497.6), DOI: 10.3986/ac.v42i1.638, ISSN: 0583-6050 Impact Factor 0.542,
• Polomčić D., Hajdin B., Ćuk M., Papić P., Stevanović Z.: Groundwar supply in Serbia's sotheast Pannonian basin. Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vol. 9, No. 3, p. 97 – 108. 2014. ISSN Printed: 1842 - 4090. ISSN Online: 1844 - 489X. Impact Factor 1.495
• Polomčić D., Bajić D,. Krunić O.: Hydrodynamic analysis of the interaction between two groundwater sources, case study: water supply of Bečej. Technic 4/2014, pp. 597-603. Association of Engineers and Technicians. Belgrade, 2014. ISSN 0040-2176, UDC.556.3:627.12(497.113) COBISS.SR-ID 209210892
• Pajić P., Anđelić Lj., Urošević U., Polomčić D.: Evaluation of Melioration Area Damage on the River Danube Caused by the HPP “Djerdap 1“ Backwater. Water Science and Technology. Vol. 70 No 2 pp 376–385. IWA Publishing 2014. DOI: 10.2166/wst.2014.230. ISSN Print: 0273-1223 Impact Factor 1.212
• Pavlović V., Polomčić D., Šubaranović T.: Design of the Opencast Coal Mine Drmno Dewatering System. Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium Continuous Surface Mining - Aachen 2014, pp 101-116. Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-12301-1_11. Print ISBN 978-3-319-12300-4, Online ISBN 978-3-319-12301-1- Aachen, Germany 2014.
• Bajić D., Polomčić D.: Fuzzy optimization in hydrodynamic analysis of groundwater control systems: Case study of the pumping station “Bezdan 1”, Serbia. Anales Geologiques de la Peninsule Balkanique no. 75, pp. 103-110. ISSN: 0350-0608, DOI: 10.2298/GABP1475103B
• Polomčić D., Bajić D.: Application of Groundwater modeling for designing a dewatering system: Case study of the Buvač Open Pit Mine, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Geologia Croatica Vol 68, No 2. DOI: 10.4154/GC.2015.07 Online ISSN 1333-4875 Impact Factor 0.707
• Bajić D., Polomčić D., Močević J.: Factors that influence the selection of an optimal groundwater protection system at open-pit mines. Proceedings of the VII International Conference “Coal 2015”, Zlatibor, Serbia
• Krunic O., Eric S., Polomcic D., Dokmanovic P., Kremenovic A.: Hydrogeological conditions for occurrence of two magnesium rich natural mineral waters in Serbia and their physiological significance. Environmental Earth Sciences, DOI 10.1007/s12665-016-6315-9
• Polomčić D., Božović Dj., Bajić D.: Hydraulic characterization of laterals as applied to selected radial collector wells at Belgrade Groundwater Source. Anales Geologiques de la Peninsule Balkanique no. 77, pp. 33-42. ISSN: 0350-0608, UDC 55+56(1-924.64). DOI: 10.2298/GABP1677033P
• Božović Đ., Polomčić D., Bajić D. (2016). Characteristic groundwater level regimes in the capture zones of radial collector wells and importance of identification (case study of Belgrade Groundwater Source). Anales Geologiques de la Peninsule Balkanique (Geološki anali Balkanskog poluostrva) no. 77, pp. 43-53. ISSN: 0350-0608, UDC 55+56(1-924.64) DOI: 10.2298/GABP1677043B
• Ratković J., Polomčić D., Bajić D. & Hajdin B. (2016). A hydrogeological model of the open-cast mine Tamnava - West Field (Kolubara Coal Basin, Serbia). Underground Mining Engineering, 29: 43-54. UDK 62. YU ISSN 03542904. Faculty of Mining and Geology, Belgrade
• Polomčić D., Gligorić Z., Bajić D., Cvijović Č. (2017). A Hybrid Model for Forecasting Groundwater Levels Based on Fuzzy C-Mean Clustering and Singular Spectrum Analysis. Water 9(7): 541. DOI: 10.3390/w9070541 A special issue of Water "Modeling of Water Systems" (ISSN 2073-4441) MDPI AG Basel, Switzerland. Impact Factor 2.056
• Bajić D., Polomčić D. & Ratković J. (2017). Multi-criteria decision analysis for the purposes of groundwater control system design. Water Resources Management, DOI: 10.1007/s11269-017-1777-4 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-017-1777-4); Print ISSN 0920-4741; Online ISSN 1573-1650 IF 3.214
• Bajić D., Polomčić D. Dašić T., Ratković J., Čokorilo Ilić M. (2017). Determining the optimal groundwater control system using FUZZY-GWCS® aplication. Proceedings of the VIII International Conference “Coal 2017”, Zlatibor, Serbia, 11-14 October, 2017; Pavlović V, Eds.; Yugoslav Opencast Mining Committee: Belgrade; pp. 9-16. ISBN: 978-86-83497-24-9
• Polomčić D., Bajić D., Ratković J., Šubaranović T., Ristić Vakanjac V. (2017). Hydrodynamic model of the open-cast mine Tamnava-West Filed. Proceedings of the VIII International Conference “Coal 2017”, Zlatibor, Serbia, 11-14 October, 2017; Pavlović V, Eds.; Yugoslav Opencast Mining Committee: Belgrade; pp. 327-340. ISBN: 978-86-83497-24-9 Polomčić D., Zdravković J., Vojnić M., Dimitrijević B. (2017). Recalibration of the hydrodynamic model for lignite deposit Drmno in the period od 2015. Proceedings of the VIII International Conference “Coal 2017”, Zlatibor, Serbia, 11-14 October, 2017; Pavlović V, Eds.; Yugoslav Opencast Mining Committee: Belgrade; pp. 341-350. ISBN: 978-86-83497-24-9
• Bajić D., Polomčić D., Ristić Vakanjac V., Ratković J. & Čokorilo Ilić M. (2017). Application of the VIKOR and FAHP multi-criteria optimisation methods for choosing the optimal groundwater control system: case of pumping station Bezdan 1 (Serbia). Proceedings of the national conference with international participation „Geosciences 2017“, Sofia, Bulgaria, 07-08 December, 2017; Yotzo Y, Ed.; Bulgarian Geological Society: Sofia
• Polomčić D., Bajić D., Ratković J. (2018). Assessment of Historical Flood Risk to the Groundwater Regime: Case Study of the Kolubara Coal Basin, Serbia. Water 2018, 10(5), 588.MDPI AG Basel, Switzerland. DOI: 10.3390/w10050588 Impact Factor 1.832
• Polomčić D., Štrbački J., Bajić D. (2018). Water supply and groundwater quality in Republic of Serbia. In Mihajlović D. & Đorđević B. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Natural Resources Management, Zaječar, Serbia, 19 May 2018, pp. 205-211. Zaječar: John Naisbitt University, Faculty of Management. ISBN: 978-86-7747-590-1

List of Monographs

• Pušić M., Polomčić D.: Step-test, test pumping wells (conception, implementation and interpretation), pp. 1-90. Mining and Geology - Belgrade and JP "The Directorate of Urban Planning and Construction" - Kruševac. Belgrade, 1997
• Stevanović Z., Polomčić D.: Hydrogeological Research of Litosphere In Serbia – Project 1996 – 2000. Institute of Hydrogeology, Faculty of Mining and Geology. Belgrade, 2000
• Polomčić D.: Hydrodynamic research, opening and management of aquifer water sources in intergranular porous media. Monograph, pp. 1-196. Faculty of Mining and Geology. Belgrade, 2001
• Dragišić V., Polomčić D.: Hydrogeological dictionary. Faculty of Mining and Geology, pp. 1-572. ISBN 978-86-7352-189-3. Belgrade, 2009
• Polomčić D., Ristić-Vakanjac V.: 40 years of the Department of Hydrogeology, pp. 1 - 154. Faculty of Mining and Geology. Belgrade, 2011. ISBN: 978-86-7352-260-9
• Stevanović Z., Milenić D., Ristić-Vakanjac V., Polomčić D., Jemcov I.: Proceedings of the XIV Serbian hydrogeological symposium with international participation, pp. 1-642. University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Belgrade, 2012. ISBN: 978-86-7352-236-4
• Pavlović V., Šubaranović T., Polomčić D.: Drainage system of open pit mines. University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining and Geology, pp. 1-522. ISBN: 978-86-7352-244-9. Belgrade, 2012
• Polomčić D. (2016). Monument 1991.-2015 - 135 years of geology and 70 years of mining at the University of Belgrade. Edition on the occasion of 70 years of the Faculty of Mining and Geology. p. 1-595. University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Belgrade. ISBN: 978-86-7352-294-4
• Milenić D., Polomčić D., Stevanović Z., et al. (2016).: Proceedings of the XV Serbian hydrogeological symposium with international participation, pp. 1-690. University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Belgrade. ISBN: 978-86-7352-316-3.

List of softwares

• Step-test pumping - One well and one piezometer (F3Q1B1P® and F3Q1B1P®)
• Step-test pumping – Radial collector wells (F3Q1Bhd®)
• Pumping tests from well - Grafoanalytic methods and the Complete hydrography processing (GRANKOM 2001®)
• Step-test and long-term pumping - One well and up to five piezometers (GRAFOANALITIKA 1B5P-3QSAM®) and (GRAFOANALITIKA 1B5P-3Q-VDP-VNP®)
• Interpretation of test results of the flowing of well (TESTSAM 2003®)
• Interpretation of long-term regime surveillance at the groundwater source: Spring yield or the flowing of well (SAMOIZLIV-CO 2003®)
• Analytical model for the groundwater source (SOURCE MODEL 2011®)
• Fuzzy optimization in hydrogeology (FuzzyGWCS 2015®)