The study on medium size river Sutla in Croatia indicated considerable water contamination at specific sites during the baseflow period, probably associated to low flowrate (0.73-68.8 m 3 s -1 ), and consequently low dilution capacity of this river. Various aspects of contamination were observed: increased conductivity to 1,000 lS cm -1 , decreased dissolved oxygen level to 50%, 4-5°C increased water temperature, increased concentrations of several dissolved trace elements (e.g., maximal values of Li: 45.4 lg l -1 ; Rb: 10.4 lg l -1 ; Mo: 20