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The next Open day will take place at the Faculty of Water Sciences of the National University of Public Service (NUPS) on the 5th December 2018. The head of the faculty and his colleagues will present university education in the institution through interesting presentations regarding the career model of water management, the opportunities to control icy floods, instruments and terrain models; which topics will be extremely useful in order to obtain credible information about the day to day life of the water management sector.
The Day of Earth events have been held worldwide since 1970 with the contribution of more than a thousands of organizations, which events are calling attention to the environmental and nature conservation problems of our planet and offer solutions to them.
The Department of Natural Sciences of the Janus Pannonius Museum invites visitors to the exhibition "About the River Danube through Ages and Periods", which is owned by the Danube Museum of Esztergom. The opening of the travelling exhibition will take place at 1 pm March 28, 2018. in the museum building 2 Szabadság Street, Pécs.
The next Open Day will be held on Wednesday 22 November 2017 at the Faculty of Water Sciences of the National University of Public Service. Trainings will be demonstrated with interesting presentations given by the leaders of the faculty; in addition to attending classes at the Faculty of Hydraulic and Water Management and the Faculty of Water Supply and Environmental Engineering.
Events Archive
In view of the scarcity of autumn, the Danube-Dráva National Park has requested the water replenishment of the Cún-Szaporca oxbow system for nature protection purposes from the South- Transdanubian Water Management Directorate.
On October 15, 2018, specialists of the Pécs Section Engineering started to close the sluice tables, so the water flowed in the waters of the catchment area was rebuilt in the Black-water’s basin.
Project Presentation Event and Press Conference were organized in the framework of “Restoration of degree of flood resistance on the 1st main flood protection guard line” Project by the General Directorate of Water Management (OVF) at the National University of Public Service (NUPS) in Baja on the 4th October 2018, where the solutions applied on Central-Tisza, Upper-Tisza, Down-Tisza and South Transdanubia were shared as well.
Decree 90/2007 on the Prevention and Remedy of Environmental Damage (1) of Section 13 of the Decree of the Ministry of Health (IV.26.) Provides for the maintenance of an annual remediation exercise for the training and further training of the subordinate staff. Our Board of Directors accordingly conducted a water quality damage remediation exercise on October 2, 2018.
Flood damage prevention practice was held by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate for its’ colleagues on the levee section of River Drava 2 October 2018. In the course of the practice, levees were visited and checked by the technicians by dam keeper district by dam keeper district.
The 40th National Hydrographic Consultation was organized by the Upper Tisza Regional Water Management Directorate in Vásárosnamény 25-27 September 2018. The event was attended by the professionals of General Directorate of Water Management and the 12 water management directorates.
Due to his outstanding professional activity Gábor Rajnai, Head of IT and Telecommunications Department, South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate was given professional award by Dr. Sándor Pintér, Interior Minister.
The Deputy Secretary in Public Employment and Water Affairs of the Interior Ministry has issued an ivitation for proposals for the launch of the Lampl Hugó Memorial Plaque 2019.
According to Regulation No. 391/2007. (XII.13.) public servant employees at water management bodies are obliged to gain their knowledge in four years of educational cycles from the year of 2018.
Additional application is announced and opened for the following BSc studies: civil engineering, environmental engineering and water management engineering by the Faculty of Water Sciences - National University of Public Service for fulltime and part-time students with public service scholarship (not self-paying) form of finance.
The celebration on 29 June each year of International Danube Day is one of the most remarkable event of the water management sector, which was organized this year by the General Directorate of Water Management and the Lower Danube Valley Water Management Directorate (Alsó-Duna-völgyi Vízügyi Igazgatóság) in Érsekcsanád Recreational Park.
The 36th General Meeting of the Hungarian Hydrological Society was organized 4-6 July 2018 in Gyula, the beautiful historic spa town. The prestigious annual event was worthy of its excellent reputation this year. In the 12 different professional sections, most of the experts and participants involved in water management have found the most exciting and useful presentations with key information.
A presentation combined with the management election was organized with the title "Water Quality Improvement Programme in County Baranya" by the Hungarian Hydrological Society’s Territorial Organization of Baranya County on June 12, 2018.
The first annual meeting of the South-Transdanubian Regional Water Management Council was held 7th June 2018.
The meeting was chaired by Mr. István Tóth, the delegate of the Local Government of Kaposvár County Council, acting as vice-chairman of the 24-member Council ...
The Central-Tisza-Rural Water Directorate Management (KÖTIVIZIG) is hosting a 12-member croatian delegation for exchange of flood's experiences ...
Gábor Horváth head of the Hydrographic and Data Division Department on May 22, 2018 received the honorary title of Pro Aqua of the Hungarian Hydrological Society for his significant professional work in the Society.
In the first half of 2018, in the area of ??the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate, on the Danube inland water protection section, twice the flood protection of the South Lake Balaton was required to order the 1st level of inland water protection.
The support and the promotion of labour supply in the water management sector is a crucial task for the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate thus it is a great pleasure to us that two students of the Dráva Valley High School and College became finalists at the National Student Competition.
First level inland water protection alert will be cancelled from 6:00 pm 9 May 2018 by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate at the inland protection section numbered 05.03 at Lake-Balaton South shore Balatonlelle, at the pumping station of Zamárdi-Tóközi.
The section of the Kőrisesberki stream between 0+000 - 5+424 km is located on the outskirts of the villages Bonnya, Kisbárapáti and Andocs. The watercourse was given operating license in 1975 as it was regulated in 1974 ...
Study tour was organized by the Baranya County Territorial Organization of Hungarian Hydrological Society in order to present the structures of the Fekete-víz from Vajszló to the estuary of Dráva.
On 10 April, at the croatian city of Varasd was held the annual reconciliation session of hydrological experts from the Hungarian-Croatian Danube-Drava River Basin Subcommittee.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate traditionally participated in the Earth Day Event on April 21 in Pécs at Tettye; and programmes were offered to the enthusiastic visitors who could get points for the sealing tour, and got an inside view to the secrets of the water management profession.
The National Conference on Flood Protection, River and Pond Management was held 17-19 April 2018. at Sikonda this year and was organized by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate (DDVIZIG) and the General Directorate of Water Management.
First level inland water protection alert was cancelled from 6:00 pm 13 April 2018 by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate at the inland protection section numbered 05.03 at Lake-Balaton South shore Balatonlelle, at the pumping station of Ordacsehi - Zardavár sub-catchment protection area.
In conjunction with Viziterv Environ Kft, the General Directorate of Water Management will make children a real flood protection expert from 1 May 2018. In the new Minipolis city children will find different water games.
According to tradition, this year the National Disaster Protection’s Youth Contest was held in Pécs, in the area of Baranya County Disaster Management Directorate. The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate measured the skill of the ten participating teams on one of the ten racing stations.
On the 05.03 South Lake Balaton of Balatonlelle inland protection section, at Szántód's pumping station, the 1st degree of inland water protection was terminated on 12.04.2014. from 18:00.
On the 05.03 Balatonlellei inland water protection section at Balatonlelle, the 1st degree of inland water protection was terminated on 2018.04.11. from 18:00.
First level inland water protection alerts were cancelled from 6:00 pm 6 April 2018 by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate at the inland protection section numbered 05.03 at Lake-Balaton South shore Balatonlelle, at the pumping station of Balatonőszöd; besides at the inland protection section numbered 05.02 at the pumping stations of Vizslaki and Gerecháti.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate ordered the 1st level of inland water protection at the Szántód's pumping station on 05.03 of the inland water protection section of South Lake Balaton at the 6.00 am on 04/05/2018.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate has terminated the 1st degree of inland water protection, at the pumping station of Szántód on the 05.03 inland water protection section in south of Lake Balaton of Balatonlelle, on 27 March 2018 on from 6 o'clock pm.
The traveling exhibition owned by the Danube Museum in Esztergom opened its doors on March 28, 2018 in front of the visitors in the exhibition room of the Janus Pannonius Museum Natural Sciences Department in Pécs.
The annual celebration was held on the occasion of the World Water Day by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate and the Hungarian Hydrological Society’s Territorial Organizations of County Baranya and Somogy, which took place this year in Szigetvár at the Vigadó Assembly Hall.
Ministerial Ceremony was held on the occasion of World Water Day on March 22, 2018 in Budapest. On that occasion Gábor Molnár was honoured by a Ministerial Recognition as the member of the Finance Department and employee of South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate.
The Southern-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate ordered the 1st degree of inland water protection at pumping station of Balatonöszöd on Lake Balaton, inland water protection section numbered 05.03 Balatonlelle, on 2018.03.20. from 6:00 o'clock.
Because of the rainfall that has fallen over the past period, the water level of the Lake Balaton has increased. In the case of persistent north and north-east winds, this level of water rises on the lower southern shore, while it shrinks on the north shore.
In Nagyatád, the falling flood of Babócsai Rinya caused minor flooding. The basic problem in the settlement was that the main recipient Babócsai Rinya was unable to accommodate the waters of the extracullicular trenches due to its high water level.
First level inland water protection alert was ordered from 6:00 am 8 March 2018 by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate at the inland water protection section numbered 05.03 at Lake-Balaton South shore Balatonlelle; at the pumping station of Ordacsehi - Zardavár sub-catchment protection area, in addition to the pumping stations of Balatonlelle, Szántód, Zamárdi and at the sub-catchment area of Zamárdi-Tóközi.
On February 27, 2018, the Baranya County Territorial Organization of the Hungarian Hydrological Society convened a nomination meeting with a Nomination Committee. The introductory presentation was held by dr. Dénes Lóczy from the University of Pécs with the title "Dráva floodplain rehabilitation in the framework of the Ős-Dráva program".
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate ordered the 1st degree of inland water protection at the 05.02 on the Danube (Kölked-Bédai) inland water protection section at the Vizslaki and Gerecháti pumping-stations on 05.03.2015 from 6.00 am.
The colleagues of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate participated as a competition attorney at the 1st round of the National Professional Study Tour of the Water Workshops Group, on February 15, 2018.
On 1 January 2018, the new Lawyers Act, Act LXXVIII of 2017 on Attorneys, entered into force. (hereinafter referred to as "the Act"), which has been subject to the legal activity of a counsel acting as a lawyer.
First level inland water protection alert was cancelled from 6:00 am 31 January 2018 by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate at the inland protection section numbered 05.03 at Lake-Balaton South shore Balatonlelle, at the pumping station of Balatonlelle.
First level inland water protection alert was cancelled from 6:00 am 30 January 2018 by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate at the inland protection section numbered 05.03 at Lake-Balaton South shore Balatonlelle, at the pumping station of Szántód.
On January 24, 2018, Ákos Halmai - a PhD student at PTE - held the presentation of the "Currently known technologies of terrain modeling" at the forthcoming Hydrological Society meeting at the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate.
First level inland water protection alert was ordered from 8:00 am 22 January 2018 by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate at the inland protection section numbered 05.03 at Lake-Balaton South shore Balatonlelle, at the pumping station of Ordacsehi of Zardavár, at the pumping stations of Balatonlelle, Balatonőszöd, Szántód and at the catchment area of Zamárdi-Tóközi.
The countdown is about to start soon!
The permanent exhibition "Water - Time" of the Danube Museum in Esztergom has been visited since 2001; however it will be closed by the end of March 2018, in order to be replaced by a modern 21st century spectacular art show. During the period of reconstruction the Látványtár exhibition of Danube Museum will be open and its museum pedagogical workshops and museum classes will go on...
We would like to inform the honorable water users that from our website can download the Water Resources and Water Utilization Datasheets and Instructions for Completion of the National Statistical Data Reporting Program (in hungarian called OSAP) 2017
The water sector, such as the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate has given high priority to the cooperation with the Faculty of Water Sciences National University of Public Service.
On November 30, 2017, the Baranya County Territorial Organization of the Hungarian Hydrological Society held a lecture session entitled "Construction of water reservoirs on the Baranya Canal Waterway - Magyarszéki Reservoir".
The South- Transdanubian Water Management Directorate hosted again the National Water Law Conference, which was held jointly with the General Directorate of Water Management. This year, there were irregular - non-water-based - performers among the invited guests.
On November 24, 2017, a series of events promoting the water science profession organized by the General Directorate of Water Management (OVF) and the Faculty of Water Sciences of the National Civil Service Unit came to Barcs.
Soon-to-be students were greeted with study information, demonstration lessons and presentation of instruments by the National University of Public Services, Faculty of Water Sciences on the Open Day November 22, 2017.
We announce with deep sorrow that our former retired director, Béla György, died in the 67th year of his life.
His funeral will be held at Kisjakabfalva on November 22, 2017, at 14:00, following the mourning at the White House, at 14:00.
In 2017 the regular annual inspection of flood damage prevention facilities was carried out this fall as well according to water legislation and regulations. The tasks of traditional hydraulic engineering have changed several times in recent years.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate has also actively participated in one of the information days of Kaposvári Dráva Valley High School, especially as water management as a profession was presented to future first grade students. In addition to our directorate, the waterworks in the region also gave insights into their work.
The solemn opening ceremony took place on 24 October 2017 in the area of ??the flood-relief complex. The Hydrological Memorial Park was established by the Somogy County Association of the Hungarian Hydrological Society (MHT) in the honor of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the MHT and the 45th anniversary of the establishment of the Territorial Organization.
Joint Professional Meeting was held on October 10, 2017 relating to the centennial year of Hungarian Hydrology Society (MHT) and Tettye Forrásház Zrt., celebrated the 125th anniversary of launch of water supply in Pécs at the lecture hall of Danube-Drava National Park Directorate.
The annual meeting of liaisons of water museums and exhibitions took place in Gyula this year. This year's event, which was held in the last week of September, was held by the Gyula Landscape Water House, which was established by Cris-Country Water Management Directorate (KÖVIZIG).
We were invited by the director of Central-Tisza-Region Water Management Directorate, Attila Lovas, in order to attend the survey of River Tisza through the Szolnok-Kisköre section on 28th September 2017.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate's colleagues also participated at the II. national sampling measurement camp in the organization of the North-Hungarian Water Management Directorate, on 5-7 September 2017.
During the measurement exercise, the accredited metrology team of the 12 Water Management Directorates collected sample and average samples from sewage, standing water and flowing water during sampling proficiency tests and on-site examinations.
The Hungarian Hydrological Society celebrates the 100th anniversary of its existence in 2017, on the occasion of it a jubilee year was held from May 2016 until September 2017.
At the end of May 2017 the traditional Annual Event of Calibration of Hydrographic Instruments was held again. This time, the Water Management Directorate of Tiszántúl Region hosted the event.
Centennial national general meeting was organized by the Hungarian Hydrological Society as the final event of the 100th anniversary of its establishment which was celebrated on 5-7 July 2017 in Mosonmagyaróvár.
The annual general meeting in 2017 was held by the Hungarian Hydrological Society in the framework of the centennial year 25 May, 2017, at the assembly-hall of Károli Gáspár University in Budapest. Following the presentation of the 100-year-old Hungarian Hydrological Society's celebration programs, the annual reports were displayed and honours were handed over.
A competition day was held 3rd June, 2017 by the Volunteer Firefighters Associations - Somogy County at Kadarkút where the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate was invited as well. Nóra Váradi and Csaba Pintér participated at the event as professional consultants and judges from the Engineering District of Kaposvár.
A cooperation agreement was signed between the Roma Minority Government Somogy County and the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate, in order to improve the living conditions of Roma and disadvantaged groups in the county through a continuous and long-term cooperation.
The 27 membered South-Transdanubian Territorial Water Management Council held its first annual meeting on 30th May 2017. The meeting was chaired by Mr Csaba Nagy, the President of General Assembly of Baranya County Council.
A technical day was held by the Hungarian Hydrological Society’s Territorial Organization of Baranya County in Orfű May 24th, 2017. Hungarian Hydrological Society’s Territorial Organization of Baranya County tries to address young adults and raise awareness among them towards the love of water management profession.
We would kindly recommend you the Call for Proposals titled "The priority development tasks of inland water management" by the Scientific Council of General Directorate of Water Management.
South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate has participated in the programme called the Sustainability Theme Week that was organized in Szigetvár by the Primary School Tinódi Lantos Sebestyén.
This year the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate took part in the Earth Day Program as well, which was organized by the Danube-Drava National Park in Tettye, Pécs.
The Drava River Sub-basin Water Management Council held the first meeting at 19th April 2017. The meeting was led by Mr. Tamás Szabó, the chairman of Council and the vice-chairman of the Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture.
The South-transdanubian Water Management Directorate was invited to contribute in an informing TV show related to an educational program on elementary school students. The employee of Department for Flood Control and River Management has helped to understand the upper school curriculum related to the rivers.
Last year a team named „Gátvéder” of General Directorate of Water Management took part like a gamer in the quiz show of a hungarian commercial channel. During the quiz game the team won a significant amount with it’s excellent knowledge, the team wanted to grant – as it was promised in the show - a dike keeper with the money of the prize won for his eminent merit rating activities.
Within the framework of the occasion of World Water Day ceremony in Budapest Mr. Sándor Dr. Pintér, Minister of Interior laureated three employees of South-transdanubian Water Management Directorate.
At 21th March 2017 the first semester students in Faculty of Hydrobiology of University of Pécs, Faculty of Science and some PhD students of Department of Hydrobiology visited within the framework of Msc course of „Hydrobiology” the Head of South-transdanubian Water Management Directorate, where the students could get to know in the frame of colorful presentations with four main responsibilities, the main projects of Directorate and the daily working activities.
Mr. Miklós Ift, the former chairman and Mr. Zoltán Bencs, the chairman of Hungarian Hydrological Society County Somogy - in occassion of World Water Day - took part in talk show titled Hatszemközt series of the Kapos Television Show at 21th March 2017.
International World Water Day is held annually on 22 March, from the officially designation of United Nations General Assembly in 1993, as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. The main objective of this day is to strenght the knowledge and importance of the role and protection of water to the next generation.
The South-transdanubian Water Management Directorate will be abolished the first level excess drainage control alert at the drainage district numbered 05.03 in Balatonlelle – at the pumping station in Ordacsehi in the inland water protection section Zardavári, at the pumping station in Balatonlelle, Balatonöszöd and Szántód, in addition Zamárdi-Tóközi catchment at the pumping station Zamárdi – from 6 o'clock in the afternoon at 15th March 2017.
The public employment in the water sector has been proceeding permanently with a significantly large number of employees since 2012.
The sector has been organizing the National Water Sector-based Public Employment Conference since 2014 in order to discuss emerging issues, changes in laws and experiences.
The Hungarian Hydrological Society (HHS) in Baranya County held a session titeled „Water replenishment in the ‘Cún-Szaporca’ oxbow”. This session, as a next event of the centenary year of HHS was held at the University of Pécs Faculty of Sciences at 22th February 2017.
The South-transdanubian Water Management Directorate ordered the first level of inland water protection alert effective from 6.00 am on 7th February 2017 at the pumping station in Ordacsehi in the inland water protection section Zardavári, at the pumping station in Balatonlelle, Balatonöszöd and Szántód, in addition Zamárdi-Tóközi catchment at the pumping station Zamárdi.
The Hungarian Hydrological Society (HHS) in Baranya County held a session titeled „The Hungarian Hydrological Society is 100 years old” at 25. January 2017. The South-transdanubian Water Directorate hosted the first centenary session.
The Section of Hydrology of the Hungarian Geological Society related to Hungarian Hydrological Society was established at 7th February in 1917 and was turned to an independent scientific society at 26th January in 1949. With this 100 years operation history, the Society is the oldest water-related national organisation, which is still functioning.
The system of water charge was completed in 2015. The South-transdanubian Water Management Directorate and the University of Pécs were established monitoring system to monitor the water flow of the region. The data of two monitoring systems have been analised under the evaluation.
Building upon the successful event in 2013, Hungary will again host the Budapest Water Summit between 28th and 30th November 2016 in order to give a momentum to the practical implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the UN as well as to achieve progress concerning the water-related aspects of the Paris Climate Agreement within the UN 21st Climate Conference.
The South-transdanubian Water Management Directorate will be abolished the first level excess drainage control alert at the drainage district numbered 05.03 in Balatonlelle – at the pumping station in Ordacsehi and Zamárdi– from 6 o'clock in the morning at 1th December 2016.
The South-transdanubian Water Management Directorate will be abolished the first level excess drainage control alert at the drainage district numbered 05.03 in Balatonlelle – at the pumping station in Balatonlelle – from 6 o'clock in the afternoon at 25th November 2016.
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Our Directorate forwards the information that the National Directorate General for Disaster Management, Ministry of Interior gave information of the calculation of the water resource fee, which will have been modified since 2017.
Alajos Burián, the head of Department for Flood Control and River Management, gave a lecture on the impact of hydroelectric power plants at the General Assembly of Local Government of Baranya County 17th November, 2016. Our directorate was invited to make a presentation in order to help the General Assembly adopting a policy relating the planned hydroelectric power plants on River Drava.
The flood protection facilities, which are in the maintenance of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate, were verified this autumn as every year. During the autumn visits of flood protection and drainage control facilities and the watercourses of hill areas the supervision of related hydrographic, information technology and other infrastructure as well as means of protection and resources was completed by the professional committees which were set up for this purpose.
First level excess water preparedness was ordered by The South-transdanubian Water Management Directorate at 6 o'clock in the morning at 11th November 2016 at the pumping station in Ordacsehi, which can be found at drainage district numbered 05.03 in Balatonlelle (South-Balaton) at the catchment area of excess water of Zardavári, in addition at the the pumping station in Balatonlelle and Zamárdi at the catchment area of Zamárdi-Tóközi.
The contracted meeting of the South-transdanubian Regional Water Management Council and the Drava River Sub-basin Water Management Council was held at 9th November at South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate.
This autumn a professional forum was organised by South-Trandanubian Water Directorate in Harkány, when the General Directorate of Water Management and the other 12 water directorates met.
The need of the European Union and the water sector purpose, that the final results of flood hazard and risk maps, which have been made during recent years, will be available not only in the form of documents and map-sheets for professionals, but in a dynamic and interactive form too.
Dr. Gábor Makay, Head of Department and Legal Adviser of South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate, held a presentation of the water rights for the interested law students of an invitation by the the Faculty of Law, University of Pécs on 16th October 2016.
The 12 operating Water Directorates held the meeting of the water-related museums and exhibitions following the tradition of Duna Museum Esztergom in October 2016. The two-days conference will be arranged by the North-Hungarian Water Conservancy Directorate, the Section Engineering Unit of Tokaj.
To the invitation of Mr Sándor Bak, the director of the Körös Valley District Water Directorate our Directorate took part at the autumn supervision visit of the flood protection and drainage structures between 6-7th October 2016.
Hungarian Hydrological Society of Baranya County in the western site building of Tettye Forrásház Zrt at the industrial road.
As Council Directive 91/271/EEC Article 16 lays down each Member State of the EU has to publish a situation report on the disposal of urban waste water.
The Hungarian report has been completed and was transmitted to the Commission on 8th July, 2016.
The implementation of “Water replenishment in the ‘Cún-Szaporca’ oxbow within the framework of Ancient Dráva Programme” was finished almost a year ago. The constructed weir replenishes water from Fekete-víz through a sluice which is integrated to the weir to a main and finally to the oxbow. The main purpose of the project was the retention of natural run-off water and storage in the areas which were designated to periodic flooding.
The Hungarian Hydrological Society’s Baranya county’s Organization held a lecture session titled „The last decades meteorological and hydrological characteristics on the Dráva.” in Pécs in the courtroom of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate.
With referring to under the first paragraph of section 26/B. of Government Decree issued by the Ministry of Interior Nr. 37/2012. dated (VIII.2) on the foundated and donated recognition by the Minister of Interior the ’Lampl Hugó’ Memorial Plaque can be awarded to the person, who is responsible for the cost-effective implementated constructions planning and carrying out in the implementation of the hydraulic establishment bearing in mind the planning, the design, the technicological, the landscape aesthetics and environmentally high quality aspects.
The site of River Drava was visited by the hungarian and croatian water management experts between 13-14th September 2016, when the experts monitored the current status of the river at both site between the sections of 236+000 rkm (Őrtilos) and 78+000 (Drávaszabolcs).
In Hungary a type of long-term plans of water management has been called as framework plan since 1951.These plans, which contain maps in text, in tabular form and in 1:500 000 and 1:100 000 scale maps were presented the hydrological capabilities throughout its whole territory of country, the status of the water management was evaluated, the technological opportunities and economical conditions of the water damage prevention, the water demand gratification and the utilization of waters were determined.
The Sampling Workgroups of South-transdanubian Water Management Directorate with 4 employees (Valér Horvai, Nóra Istvándi-Feil, Ákos Püspök and András Fonód) took part on measuring practice held between 6-8th September 2016 in Siófok.
Last week the Technical Committee of the South-transdanubian Regional Water Management of Baranya County met twice to making the professional opinions connecting to the submitted project proposals. On the meetings, which were led by Mr János Pecze, the mayors of municipalities, the technical engineers and organisations, which complete the project proposals were invited in addition to members of the Commitee.
The South-transdanubian Water Management Directorate took part at traditionally organised Lobby-Party in Szentlőrinc. This event has been held for 16 years.
The legal experts and civil engineers – employed by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate – made presentations about the High-water riverbed management plans and the legal registration procedures of the concerned areas to the colleagues of Baranya and Somogy County Disaster Management Directorate.
The project is entiteled „Water retention and Land-use change planning of the Ancient-Dráva Program” is top priority project is listed in line 41 Annex Nr. 2 of Government Decree Nr. 1084/2016. dated (II. 29.) on the annual development framework of the Environmental and Energy Efficiency Operational Programme.
According to the Water Framework Directive which specify 6 yearly planning cycle have accomplished a supervision of the River Basin Management Plan, which has been produced at first in 2009 on national, sub-basin and planning sub-unit level.
On the 18th August 2016, at a ceremony held in the Marble Hall of the Ministry of the Interior to mark August 20, and to honour King Saint Stephen, considered to be the founder of the Hungarian state – Ferenc Szappanos, former managing director of the South-Transdanubian Water Managament Directorate received the Knight of the Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit from Deputy Minister Károly Kontár for his long and outstanding performance.
Our Directorate took part in an exhibiton at the Farmers’ Day in Szentlőrinc held between 12-14th August 2016. organized by the Entrepreneur Centre of County Baranya.
Significant amount of precipitation -between 35-90 mm- has fallen in the Austrian basin of River Drava since yesterday noon till noon today. According to the weather-forecast further rainfalls in the following days are unlikely.
The fallen rain causes floods on the upper section of the river, in Austria. Based on our the current information 1-1.5 meter water level rise is expected in the Hungarian section of the river as well. The sudden spate increases the speed of the river in the Hungarian stretch of the river, major driftwood migration can occur on the water surface. The river may pose increased danger to canoeists.
The own Mobile Application development of The National Water Level Observation Network is available on iTunes since 27th July 2016; thus the iOS users can easily find the latest information relating Danube, Tisza, Drava forecasts, meteorological background information on the River Danube catchment area, amount of snow accumulation in the sub-watersheds, shipping news, or even the water temperature of major rivers and lakes.
Within the framework of cooperative agreement between the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate and Kaposvár Training Centre Drava Valley High School six of the students spend -who are involved in water management technician training in the above mentioned institution- their summer practice at our directorate.
Since the beginning of the year 2016 the website of South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate provides an access to e-Office service for the purpose of facilitating official correspondence and documentations’ delivery.
In case you have an access to the system, please send your letters and documents via e-Office.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate following previous years' traditions took part at the programme organized by the Danube-Drava National Park Directorate celebrating the Earth Day on Saturday 23rd April, 2016 at Tettye, Pécs.
The review of Hungary river basin management plan has ended.
The Home Office announcement of 1155/2016 is accessible in the following official communication.
In the current year as well as in previous years the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate took part in the Disaster Protection Youth Contest, where the participants had to protect with sandbags along an imaginary watercourse.
The high-water riverbed management plans impacting the operational area of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate are now available for the affected stakeholders for expressing their comments. Please e-mail your opinion to gyorgy.zsolt@ddvizig.hu .
Directive 2007/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the assessment and management of flood risks requires Member States to carry out preliminary risk assessment, to prepare flood threat- and flood risk maps, and to take measures to reduce and manage flood risks. Such work started under the co-ordination of the General Directorate of Water Management in Hungary in 2010.
It has become obvious in recent years that there is a huge demand for well-prepared professionals in almost every expertise field in the country.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate cancelled the inland water protection alert (Level 1) in the inland water protection section No. 05.03 of Balatonlelle (South-Balaton), in the pumping stations of Ordacsehi and Zamárdi effective from 6.00 pm on 31/03/16.
In March 1956 the River Danube froze through from Dunaföldvár to Mohács, while a floodwave was approaching. The dikes got broken at 58 locations, there were 5 casualties due to the icy flood, tens of thousands got evacuated and significant amount of areas got inundated.
On the occasion of the World Water Day, the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate and the Territorial Organizations of the Hungarian Hydrology Society in Counties Baranya and Somogy held a celebratory event in the Hall of the County Government Office in Pécs on 23rd March 2016.
The icy flood of 1956 on the river Danube is a specific phenomenon in the history of Hungarian floods. There were several massive, devastating icy floods previously, however all the icy floods in 1876, 1891, 1893, 1940, 1941 and in 1945 occurred when elementary and as such much weaker flood protection structures existed.
On the occasion of the World Water Day, Mr Sándor Troszt, Section Engineer, Head of the Section Engineering Unit of Pécs of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate receives a Ministerial Certificate of Appreciation based on the recommendation of the Water Sector Advisory Board on 22nd March 2016.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate cancelled the inland water protection alert Level 1 in the inland water protection section No. 05.02 of Kölked-Béda in the pumping station of Vizslak and in the inland water protection section No. 05.03 of Balatonlelle in the pumping stations of Balatonőszöd and Balatonlelle all effective from 6.00 pm on 18/03/16.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate has reduced the inland water protection alert from Level 2 to Level 1 in the inland water protection section No. 05.03 in Balatonlelle (South-Balaton) in the pumping station of Balatonőszöd effective from 6.00 am on 14/03/16; and has cancelled the inalnd water protection alert (Level 1) effective from 6.00 pm on 16/03/16 in the pumping station of Szántód.
A successful test run was executed that started on 3rd March 2016 and finished on 10th March 2016 on the ‘Fekete-víz’ watercourse within project titled "Water replenishment of the ’Cún-Szaporca’ oxbow in the Ancient Drava Programme‘.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate ordered Level 1 of inland water protection alert effective from 6.00 am on 10/03/16 in the inland water protection section No. 05.02 of Kölked-Béda, in the pumping station of 'Vizslak'.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate has reduced the inland water protection alert from Level 3 to Level 2 in the inland water protection section No. 05.03 in Balatonlelle in the pumping station of Balatonőszöd effective from 6.00 am on 08/03/16.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate in agreement with the Danube-Drava National Park Directorate launched the test run of the weir of ‘Cún’ on the ‘Fekete-víz’ watercourse on 3rd March 2016.
Source: ‘Somogyi Hírlap /Megyei körkép/ 2016.02.20.’
The ‘Akali’ passenger ship, which will hopefully support the development of the tourism on the River Dráva, arrived to the port of Barcs last Friday.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate has increased the inland water protection alert level from Level 2 to Level 3 in the inland water protection section No. 05.03 of Balatonlelle (Southern-Balaton) at the pumping station of Balatonőszöd effective from 12.00 am on 19/02/16.
Local water damage prevention alert order got placed effective from 4.00 pm on 16th February 2016 in the northern parts of County Somogy including the watercourses in the table below
The first month of the year was significantly, about 3°C, warmer than previous years’ average. In January, the precipitation values (mainly snow) showed an increase by approximately one third compared to the corresponding values of last year in the South-Transdanubian region.
Due to the high water level in Lake Balaton and the rainy weather, the water level of the drainage canal has risen further; therefore, the operation of the pumping station in Balatonőszöd in the inland water protection section of Balatonlelle had to be intensified.
Mr Balázs Somlyódy, the Director-General and Mr István Láng, the Assistant Engineering Director from the General Directorate of Water Management attended the Annual Assessment Meeting - Year 2015 of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate (STWMD) which was held in the Meeting Hall of the Head Office in Pécs on 10th February 2016.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate ordered Level 1 of inland water protection alert due to high water level in the drainage canal in the inland water protection section No. 05.03 of Balatonlelle (Southern Balaton)
Within Project ID No. KEOP-2.1.1/B/15-2015-0001 titled ‘Procurement of machinery and equipment for executing flood protection and maintenance tasks of the water management directorates’ new machinery, equipment and instruments got procured by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate at the end of 2015.
The Section Engineering of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate in Kaposvár has been approached by the ’László Verebély’ Railway History Association of Kaposvár taking care of assets of high importance from the aspect of railway history to preserve the remains of the right-side bridge end of the ‘Kapos’ railway bridge near Sántos – the symbol of the former ’Kaposvár-Szigetvár’ railway line – for future generations during the construction works linked to the riverbed regulation of the River ’Kapos’.
The OSAP Datasheets 2015 on water resources management and water utilization are now available
No. 1373 --- Agricultural water use and water service
No. 1375 --- Water abstraction extracting subsurface waters and the operational activity of the monitoring wells
No. 1694 --- Data of the surface abstraction and the surface water recharge
The datasheets are to be submitted until 31st January 2016 or 31st March 2016.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate cancelled the inland water protection alert (Level 1) effective from 6.00 pm on 16/12/15 in the inland water protection section No. 05.03 of Balatonlelle, in the pumping station of Zamárdi.
‘The Government is ready to provide all the conditions for the successful continuation of the Ancient Dráva Programme’, communicated Ms Eszter Vitályos, the Minister of State for European Union-funded Development of the Prime Minister's Office in the Ancient-Dráva Visitor Centre in Szaporca in County Baranya on Thursday.
The Water Conservation and Watershed Management National Conference, initiated by the General Directorate of Water Management, was held in Harkány between 10th-12th November 2015.
Between March 2014 and August 2015, a 27,899-kilometre-long network of state-owned, public canals enabling shipping got mapped; in addition, the cadastral of the linear hydraulic structures draining the harmful water got prepared that provides the basis to elaborate a modern and efficient inland water protection system on in the future.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate, being a partner in the dual study programme and offering practical training, has taken part in the international conference organized by the ‘Eötvös József’ College in Baja.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate has cancelled the inland water protection alert (Level 1) effective from 6.00 pm on 13/11/15 in the Inland water protection section No. 05.03 of Balatonlelle, in the pumping stations of Balatonlelle and Balatonöszöd.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate (STWMD) held the annual ‘Evaluation meeting of the Autumn Audit’ on 3rd November 2015.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate cancelled the inland water protection alert (Level 1) effective from 6.00 am on 02/11/15 in the inland water protection section No. 05.03 of Balatonlelle, in the pumping station of Szántód.
The 30th meeting of the contact persons of the water management museums was successfully held on 20th-21st October 2015. This year the Museum of the Hungarian Petroleum Industry in Zalaegerszeg hosted the event.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate ordered Level 1 of inland water protection alert in the inland water protection section No. 05.03 of Balatonlelle (Southern Balaton) in the pumping station of 'Balatonőszöd' effective from 6.00 am on 26/10/15, as well as in the inland water protection section of 'Zardavári' in the pumping station of 'Ordacsehi' effective from 6.00 am on 27/10/15.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate has cancelled the inland water protection alert (Level 1) in the inland water protection section No. 05.01 in Drávamente in the catchment of Lanka effective from 6.00 pm on 22/10/15.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate ordered Level 1 of inland water protection alert effective from 6.00 am on 21/10/15 in the inland water protection section No. 05.03 of Balatonlelle.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate attended the Career Day organized by and held in the ‘István Fekete’ Primary School in Berkesd on 19th October 2015.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate (STWMD) attended the two-day conference titled ’Flood experiences of Danube and Dráva, flash floods in County Baranya – defence activity and science hand in hand’ organised by the University of Pécs and the Disaster Management Directorate of County Baranya held on 15th and 16th October 2015.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate ordered Level 1 of inland water protection alert effective from 9.00 am on 19/10/15 in the inland water protection section No. 05.01 of Drávamente, in the drainage area of Lanka.
The task of creating excess water risk maps of Hungary have been completed within the Project ’Flood risk mapping and preparing strategic risk management plan’
The Evaluation Committee of the ’ELEMÉR SAJÓ’ tender recommends the topics below for its 35th Tender for Year 2015-2016.
Mr Károly Kovács got inaugurated as the new president of The European Water Association (EWA) for the period of 2015-2017 at the organization’s session in Tirana on 14th May.
The Deputy State Secretariat for Public Employment and Water Management of the Ministry of Interior has announced an invitation for nominations for 2016 ‘Lampl Hugó’ Memorial Plaque (pages 3728 and 3729 of 29th Issue of the Official Gazette 2015). The deadline for submitting or posting nominations is 30th September 2015.
The project activities linked to the removal of embedded logs and abandoned stone structures got completed on the joint Hungarian-Croatian 128.4-km long section of River Dráva to create safe shipping conditions.
Powercut is expected to be observed from 8.00 am to 11.00 am on 22nd September 2015 in the Directorate's offices in Pécs.
We do apologize for any inconvenience.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate (STWMD) and the Secretariat of the Government Commissioner responsible for the Ancient Dráva Porgramme at the Ministry of National Development organized and held a public forum titled “Water retention and land use change within the Ancient Dráva Programme” in the Training Room of the Ancient Dráva Visitor Centre in Szaporca on 31st August 2015.
Two of the water-sector programmes, the ’Review of River Drava’s Sub-catchment Management Plan’ as well as the ‘Jenő Kvassay Plan 2015 – National Water Strategy’ were presented at a forum in the organization of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate and the General Directorate of Water Management held in Pécs on 25th August 2015 with the aim to get the plans introduced and consulted by the wider public.
As per the 6-year planning cycle of catchment management, the water sector is to review the catchment management plans by the end of 2015. Within the preparation phase of the above task, the documents called Significant Water Management Issues (abbreviated as JVK) were prepared in November 2014.
The South-Transdanubian Water Managament Directorate took part as an exhibitor in the Ancient Dráva Pavilion together with the Ancient Dráva Programme Office, the Danube-Dráva National Park Directorate and local farmers at the Farmers’ Day in Szentlőrinc held between 31st July and 2nd August 2015 organized by the Entrepreneur Centre of County Baranya.
The objective of the abovementioned document is to give guidelines for the engineers preparing flood damage prevention plans for settlements in structuring the documentation, such as defining the required content, the description fields, the annexes.
The General Directorate of Water Management organized and held the 12th International Danube Day on the Danube in Budapest on 29th June 2015.
Directive 2007/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council regulates the topics of the assessment and management of flood risks in a uniform and compulsory way for the EU countries.
After the re-structure of the water management organizations some tasks, such as the water sector-based data collection got handed over from the Ministry of Rural Development to the organizational units under the technical supervision of the Ministry of Interior as per the modification of the governmental decree No. 42/2014. (II.24.) on National Statistical Data Collection Programme on 22/02/14.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate is currently recruiting for a position at the IT Department.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate is currently recruiting for a position at the Department for Administrative and Legal Issues. Requirement for the position: Legal/ Paralegal qualification. Should you be interested in the position, please send your CV to klein.judit@ddvizig.hu . Deadline for applications: 9th July 2015.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate (DDVIZIG) attended a meeting organized by ’Eötvös József’ Technical College of Baja on 15th June 2015 where the colleagues of the college presented the results of the EU-funded Project ‘Higher-educational co-operation for the water sector’ (ID No. TÁMOP-4.1.1.C-12/1/KONV-2012-0015).
The closing ceremony of the project took place at the ‘Sió’ outlet structure on 23rd June 2015 which concluded the construction works of the Danube Project officially. With the help of more than 28 billion-forint EU funds, the flood safety of 152 settlements in six counties got increased.
The Section Engineering District of Kaposvár following the takeover of the watercourses from the water associations, beyond the existing 300.1 km long, Category A watercourses, from now on also operates 2,284 km long Cat. B watercourses.
On behalf of the ’Kvassay’Commemoration Committee, the ’Kvassay’ Foundation, the Municipality of Őrbottyán and the General Directorate of Water Management, I have the honour to invite you to the Commemoration Events on the 165th anniversary of Jenő Kvassay’s birth.
The documents for public consultation can be found in territorial groups. The papers of the specific planning sub-units for commenting are under our three big rivers and Lake Balaton depending on their location within the sub-catchments. Please write and send your comment in relation to the published material.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate cancelled the inland water protection alert (Level 1) in the inland water protection section No. 05.03 in Balatonlelle in the pumping station of Zamárdi effective from 6.00 am on 12/06/15.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate cancelled the inland water protection alert (Level 1) in the inland water protection section No. 05.03 of Balatonlelle, in the pumping station of Ordacsehi of the inland water drainage area in Zardavári effective from 6.00 am on 05/06/15; as well as in the inland water protection section No. 05.02 of Kölked-Béda, in the pumping station of ‘Gerecháti’ effective from 6.00 pm on 05/06/15.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate cancelled the inland water protection alert (Level 1) in the inland water protection section ‘Kölked-Béda’ No. 05.02, in the pumping station of Kölked effective from 6.00 pm on 03/06/15.
On Saturday, 30th May 2015, enthusiastic colleagues visited the sites of two recent IPA projects that were implemented in the co-operation of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate cancelled the inland water protection alert (Level 1) effective from 6.00 am on 01/06/15 in the following areas:
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate ordered Level 1 of inland water protection alert effective from 8.00 am on 27/05/15 in the inland water protection section No. 05.02 of Kölked-Béda, in the pumping station of Kölked.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate ordered Level 1 of inland water protection alert effective from 6.00 am on 26/05/15 in the following areas:
The experts of the Water Management and Hydraulic Engineering Department of the Hungarian Chamber of Engineers, based on the request of the General Directorate of Water Management, have compiled a Methodology Guide to help the local governments in their flood and inland water protection activities.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate ordered Level 1 of inland water protection alert effective from 10.00 am on 22/05/15 in the inland water protection section No. 05.03 of Balatonlelle, in the pumping station of Ordacsehi of the inland water drainage area in Zardavári.
The technical handover and acceptance procedure took place in Barcs on 13th May 2015 in the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate’s IPA Project ‘Drava’s riverbed cleaning’ (Ref No. HUHR/1101/1.1.2/0002).
The traditional hydrographic measuring training was held on 5-7 May 2015. This year the Central Tisza-region Water Management Directorate hosted the annual event. The training was organized to fulfil three main objectives.
The 12th Conference on the Research of Macroscopic Aquatic Invertebrates was held in Csapod from 9th to 11th April 2015. Valér Horvai, a member of the Water Protection and Watershed Management Department attended the technical conference on behalf of the South-Trandanubian Water Management Directorate.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate, like in previous years, got invited to supervise the competition of the junior teams at the Disaster Management Day on 21/04/15.
The 22nd Conference on the Subsurface Waters was held in Siófok from 8th to 9th April 2015. Krisztina Mender and Ildikó Sághiné Juhász, the colleagues of the Water Protection and Watershed Management Department dealing with subsurface water management, attended the conference on behalf of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate (STWMD), like in previous years, attended the Earth Day programmes organized by the Danube-Dráva National Park Directorate on 18th April 2015.
The Danube and Dráva Watershed Sub-Committee held its regular conference on 21-23 April 2015 in Harkány.
The April Fool’s Day jokes last for a couple of days, so does the weather that is currently more winterish instead of indulging us with a bit of summer, just like previous years.
Within the framework of the ‘Új Széchenyi Terv’ Programme, the development project titled ‘Emergency reservoir on River Kapos’ (“Vésztározás a Kaposon”) got successfully finished in the summer of 2014 and as a result, the retention of water has become possible in a regulated form in the valley of the River Kapos.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate cancelled the inland water protection alert (Level 1) in the inland water protection section No. 05.03 in the pumping station of Balatonlelle, and in the inland water protection catchment of Zardavár, in the pumping station of Ordacsehi effective from 6.00 pm on 31/03/15.
Dr. Gábor Makay, Head of Department and Legal Adviser, presented the legal technicalities of the operation in the water management sector as a guest speaker at the Faculty of Law, University of Pécs on 20th March 2015.
As a gesture of respect, the General Directorate of Water Management established the ‘Kvassay’ Commemoration Committee, which intends to renovate the ‘Kvassay’ graveyard located in ‘Őrbottyán’ through calling for public contribution. The inauguration of the graveyard will take place on 5th June 2015, on the 165th anniversary of Kvassay’s birth.
Sándor Pintér, the Minister of the Interior, handed a MINISTERIAL AWARD CERTIFICATE to GÁBOR LŐRINCZ, Area Supervisor of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate honouring his exemplary work and long-term service within the water management sector at the World Water Day celebration held by the Ministry of Interior. Congratulations!
On the occasion of World Water Day, also highlighting the importance of the profession, our intention is to pay respect to our dike guards, the people knowing our natural waters and water resources the best. Their expertise and activity is impossible to be substituted in case of floods.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate ordered Level 1 of inland water protection alert effective from 11.00 am on 06/03/15 in the inland water protection section No. 05.02 of Kölked-Béda, in the pumping stations of ‘Gerecháti’ and ’Vizslaki’.
The first month of the year was significantly, about 3°C, warmer than previous years’ average. In January, the precipitation values (mainly snow) showed an increase by approximately one third compared to the corresponding values of last year in the South-Transdanubian region.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate cancelled the inland water protection alert (Level 1) in the inland water protection section No. 05.03 in Balatonlelle in the pumping station of Zamárdi effective from 6.00 pm on 23/03/15.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate celebrated the World Water Day on 22nd March 2015 and offered colourful programmes at different locations. The programmes provided an enjoyable recreational activity and festive moments for various age groups.
A running competition was organized in Mohács on 22nd March 2015 in order to pay respect to the self-sacrificing work of our dike guards. The race started simultaneously at 10.00 am at various locations of the 12 water management directorates with the motto of ‘Run faster than the flood’. 120 competitors from the age of 6 to 60 gathered in Mohács for the 1.4 km long race. The runners were offered refreshments at the finish-line and awarded a Certificate of Achievement. Following the award-giving ceremony in the three categories (women/men/children),
The current electronic issue of ’From Dráva to Balaton’ by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate is available.
Thomas P. Bostick, US Army Lieutenant General, Chief of Engineers of the US Army (USACE) arrived in Hungary to get information on the status of flood and inland water protection activities and to have discussions with the Hungarian political elite, national and local water management experts on strengthening the co-operation.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate cancelled the inland water protection alert (Level 1) in the inland water protection section No. 05.002 in Kölked-Béda in the pumping stations of Béda, Gerecháti and Vizslaki effective from 3.00 pm on 20/03/15.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate cancelled the inland water protection alert (Level 1) in the inland water protection section No. 05.03 in Balatonlelle in the pumping stations of Balatonöszöd and Szántód effective from 6.00 pm on 16/03/15.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate ordered Level 1 of inland water protection alert effective from 6.00 am on 28/02/15 in the inland water protection section No. 05.02 of Kölked-Béda, in the pumping station of Béda.
Mr Balázs Somlyódy got appointed as the Director-General of the General Directorate of Water Management on 1st October 2014 by Mr Sándor Pintér, the Minister of Interior. The newly appointed Director-General visited our Directorate on 11th February 2015 to attend the Annual Assessment Meeting – Year 2014.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate cancelled the inland water protection alert (Level 1) in the inland water protection section No. 05.02 in Kölked-Béda and in the pumping station of Gerecháti effective from 6.00pm on 19/02/15.
Year 2014 was significantly more humid than the average in the operational area of our Directorate. The cumulative of the annual precipitation of the 18 gauging stations last year was 921 mm exceeding the average of the previous years’ by 260 mm.
The first month of the year was significantly, about 3°C, warmer than previous years’ average. In January, the precipitation values (mainly snow) showed an increase by approximately one third compared to the corresponding values of last year in the South-Transdanubian region.
According to the Deputy Technical Director of the General Directorate of Water Management, a social debate will soon be launched on the flood protection strategy, Mr István Láng believes that at least as much attention should be given to the maintenance of existing protection structures as to the building of new ones.
There is inland water protection alert put in place in 46 inland water protection sections, in the area of 10 water management directorates. There is Alert Level 1 in 13 sections, Alert Level 2 in 31 sections and Alert Level 3 in 2 sections.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate ordered Level 2 of inland water protection alert effective from 6.00 am on 02/02/15 due to the high water level in the drainage canal in the inland water protection section No. 05.03 of Balatonlelle, in the pumping station in Balatonöszöd.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate has cancelled Level 1 of inland protection alert in its inland water protection section No 05.02 of 'Kölked-Béda' and in the pumping station in Béda effective from 2.00pm on 03/02/15.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate ordered Level 1 of inland water protection alert effective from 6.00 am on 23/01/15 due to the high water level in the drainage canal in the inland water protection section No. 05.03 of Balatonlelle in the pumping station in Szántód. Also due to high water level in the drainage canal, Alert Level 1 is in place in pumping stations in Zamárdi and Balatonöszöd effective from 6.00 am on 26/01/15. Furthermore, there is Alert Level 1 in the inland water protection section No. 05.02 of Kölked-Béda in the pumping stations of Gerechát and Béda effective from 7.00 am on 26/01/15.
The national organization will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2017. The organization of the Hungarian Hydrology Society (HHS) in County Baranya was one of the first founded in October 1952. Compared to other counties, the organization in County Somogy started its operation later, in 1972 only.
During the last six days the Alpine catchment area of the River Danube has seen 20-45 mm of precipitation. Below 1,500 metres of altitude the aggregate was rain that has eventuated significant snow melt. Some days ago the amount of water trapped in the snow was 4.5 km3 above the section of Pozsony that has decreased by its quarter due to the snow melting.
On 28th December 2014, it got clouded and started snowing throughout the country. There was a significant amount of snow in the south-western part of the country, thus in the operational area of our Directorate as well.
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