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From the year of 2021, monthly lectures are planned to be held by the Hungarian Hydrological Society’s Territorial Organization of County Baranya -from September till the end of next May-, in the official premises ...
The first major conference on environmental issues was held in 1972 by the United Nations, which is known as the Conference on the Human Environment or the Stockholm Conference. Resolution A/RES/2994 (XXVII) was set out and adopted ...
Within the framework of the education program for civil servants employed by water management entities, internal training was held for colleagues employed in the job categories of water management operators and water security guards on May 27, 2021 in Kaposvár, at Kapos flood defence structure ...
Blood donation campaign was organized at the premises of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate on Wednesday December 2, 2020. Blood donation events are considered as a tradition
Joint flood protection exercise was held by the General Directorate of Water Management and the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate at several locations in the area of ??its operation on July 14, 2020.
National Vocational Education Competition (OSZTV) was published this year as well in accordance with traditions and in line with Section 73(2)(h) of Act 187 of 2011 on Vocational Education and Training. In 2020, out of six schools, which provide secondary education on water management in the country, 32 students entered for the competition in the field of water management technician.
National Vocational Education Competition (OSZTV) was published this year as well in accordance with traditions and in line with Section 73(2)(h) of Act 187 of 2011 on Vocational Education and Training. In 2020, out of six schools, which provide secondary education on water management in the country, 32 students entered for the competition in the field of water management technician.
Events Archive
The second quarterly edition of our online magazine From River Drava to Lake Balaton was published.
Cooperation agreement was signed between the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate (DDVIZIG) and the Kaposvár Vocational Training Center József Lamping Technical and Vocational School on the occasion of the School's Open Day, which was organized on September 29, 2021 ...
On-site visits and reviews were carried out by the IT Specialised Committee at the operational area of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate (DDVIZIG) in the framework of the autumn review from September 28 to 30, 2021 ...
The 20th Jubilee Career Choice Exhibition and Trade Show were held in the Kaposvár Arena between 15 and 17 September organized by the Government Agency of County Somogy, where our directorate was represented by two stands among the nearly 60 exhibitors
On October 5, 2021, consultation meeting was held by the professionals in Veszprém, the primary purpose of which was to plan the structure and functions of the Lake Balaton monitoring system and to define the development tasks.
According to Article 8 (1a) of the Government Decree 232/1996 (XII.26.) and the General Director's Instructions and Guidelines regarding the subject of Autumn Review, on-site visit and inspection was held by the ...
Hillside reservoir structures in County Baranya were visited in the framework of the On-site visit, which was held by the Specialized Committee in the Engineering District of Pécs with the participation of the Department for Watershed Control and Irrigation and the Department for Water Protection and Watershed Management on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 ...
Cooperation Agreement was established between the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate and the Municipality of Magyarhertelend on Lake Barátúri, which was signed on September 12, 2021 (Sunday) after the opening ceremony of the exhibition "Along Watercourses ...
Between 30 August 2021 and 9 September 2021, a national forum for the coordinated consultation of VGT3 (Third River Basin Management Plan) and ÁKK2 (First Revision of Hungary's Flood Risk Management Plan), a series of online events was organized by the General Directorate of Water Management ...
According to Article 8 (1a) of the Government Decree 232/1996 (XII.26.) and the General Director's Instructions regarding the subject of Autumn Review, on-site visit and inspection was held by the Specialised Committee for Flood Protection Structures in the flood protection section No. 05.02 in Drávaszabolcs on September 8, 2021 ...
Autumn on-site visit and inspection - based on the guidelines issued by the General Directorate of Water Management (OVF) – was held by the Specialised Committee for inland water protection structures and pumping stations in three inland water protection sections of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate:
Autumn on-site visit and inspection of inland water protection structures was held by the mechanical Specialised Committee in the operational area of Section Engineering of Pécs with the participation of the Department for Technical Safety (MBSZ) and the Department for Watershed Control and Irrigation (VÖO) on September 7 (Tuesday), 2021.
Hillside on-site visit of flood protection structures was held by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate in County Somogy September 1, 2021.
Online partner meeting was held within the framework of the WISEDrava LIFE project on September 1, 2021, from 10:30 am, which were attended by the representatives of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate (DDVIZIG).
The autumn review of flood control structures was carried out on the flood protection section of Drávasztára No. 05.03 by the Flood Control Structure Review Committee of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate on August 31, 2021.
Hillside on-site visit at the operational area of Engineering District of Pécs in County Baranya was held by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate August 31, 2021.
Hungarian Silver Cross of Merit State Award was presented to Mr Gábor Horváth, Head of Department for Hydrography and Archive of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate (DDVIZIG) by President János Áder at the awards ceremony, which was held on the occasion of the celebration of St. Stephen, the founder of the Hungarian state, on August 20.
Ms Edit Győri, the employee of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate (DDVIZIG) was awarded by Mr István Láng with the Diploma of Director General on the occasion of Hungary’s August 20 national holiday according to the order of recognitions and rewards in the water management sector.
On August 17-18, 2021 a project preparatory meeting and discussion was held with the participation of staff of the Hungarian National Association of Radio Distress-Signalling and Infocommunications (RSOE)...
Low-water review and on-site visit was held on River Drava by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate on August 10-11, 2021. The first day of the event was spent under the direction of the Assistant Engineering Director Zsolt György, while on the second day this task was done by Director Zoltán Bencs...
On 17 July 2021 (Saturday), due to the intense amount of precipitation - 103 mm – on the catchment area of Stream Sarádi, the elevated water level crossed the dam of the reservoir. Leaching occurred at four locations on the protected side of the dam ...
The rains of the previous days did not spare County Baranya either. Third-degree water damage alert was ordered Vejti in County Baranya due to the significantly increased water level caused by sudden heavy rainfall.
The permanent accredited status of the Working Group responsible for Collecting and Testing Water Samples of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate (DDVIZIG) was maintained ...
Online meeting was held by Danube Sub-basin Water Management Council from 9 am, June 22, 2021 (Tuesday), at which the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate (DDVIZIG) was represented as well.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate (DDVIZIG) was represented by 8 of its colleagues on the required biennial practice of the mobile dam construction on the Szeged downtown section of River Tisza ...
With regard to the COVID-19 epidemic situation caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus, the annual on-site visit of Hungarian-Croatian flood protection structures of common interest was carried out by the Hungarian and Croatian Parties separately ...
Online opening conference of the project ForMURA was attended by the employees of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate (DDVIZIG) in the morning of Tuesday, June 15, 2021.
Online partner meeting was held within the framework of the WISEDrava LIFE project on June 15, 2021 in the morning, during which the project related economic study made by REKK Kft. was discussed.
150 years ago, on this day, June 10, 1871, the law came into force, which established “dam keeper police” as an institution ...
Within the framework of the education program for civil servants employed by water management entities, internal training was held for colleagues employed in the job categories of water management operators and water security guards on June 9, 2021 in Mohács, at the flood defence centre of DDVIZIG.
Awareness-raising event for DRYvER stakeholders was organized jointly by the University of Pécs (PTE) and South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate (DDVIZIG) on June 8 ...
The drainage from Lake Balaton, which started at 8 am, on Wednesday, June 2, 2021 was combined with a water flow longitudinal-section survey on Canal Sió.
Electroplating plant located in 10 Edison Street, was operated by the former Pécs Iron Industry Cooperative for decades, until the early 1990s. A 2 m3-sized neutralization shaft was applied in the south-eastern part of the plant area.
The annual meeting was held by the Danube and Drava River Basin Subcommittee of the Standing Hungarian-Croatian Water Management Committee atypically in the framework of an online videoconference on May 27, 2021.
Online partner meeting was held within the framework of the WISEDrava LIFE project on May 27, 2021, from 8 am, during which the project related study “Impact assessment of land use along River Dráva and planned types of interventions on the section between 0 rkm and the River Mura estuary” was discussed.
Within the framework of the education program for civil servants employed by water management entities, internal training was held for colleagues employed in the job categories of water management operators and water security guards by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate on May 26, 2021 in Drávasztára.
National QualcoDanube Proficiency Testing Scheme was organized by Wessling Ltd. on May 3, 2021, which was attended by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate’s (DDVIZIG) Working Group responsible for Collecting and Testing Water Samples as well ...
“The Usage of ArcGIS PRO Mapping Software” online professional training course was organized by the General Directorate of Water Management on May 20, 2021. The training was attended by our colleagues ...
On May 18, 2021 online meeting and discussion was organized by the General Directorate of Water Management on the launch of ArcGIS Desktop add-in application, which generates water management ID.
Online partner meeting was held within the framework of the WISEDrava LIFE project on
May 12, 2021, from 10 am, during which the project related study made by the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) was discussed.
Online consultation was organized by VIZITERV Environ Kft. and the General Directorate of Water Management (OVF) in connection with the review of localization plans in the framework of project ...
Online construction site handover-takeover was convened by the investor National Infrastructure Development Company (NIF) on 10 May 2021, regarding the bypass section of Kaposfüred. This will be an extension up to the north bypass of Kaposvár ...
On May 3, 2021 Control Measurements were conducted by the Working Group responsible for Collecting and Testing Water Samples, which covered an intra-group comparison measurement with the participation of 6 experts of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate (DDVIZIG) ...
Excellent results were achieved by the students of the Faculty of Water Sciences in the Technical Science Section of the 35th National Scientific Students' Associations Conference (OTDK) ...
On April 21, 2021, online partner meeting was held by the WWF Hungary within the framework of the WISEDrava LIFE project. In the first half of the meeting, the project partners - the Danube-Drava National Park Directorate, SEFAG Forestry and Timber Industry Ltd., Croatian Waters Varasd, WWF Hungary and the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate ...
On April 21, 2021, an online meeting was held between the Entrepreneurship Center Foundation for County Somogy and Logframe Consulting Office regarding the international cycling tourism project called "Amazon of Europe".
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate considers environmental protection, maintenance and care as vitally important and essential. We are convinced that our values and its conservation can only be entrusted with the future generations if we teach them how to do so.
On March 30, 2021 (Tuesday), online consultation was held with the management and staff of the Hungarian National Association for Radio Emergency Calls and Info-communications Services (RSOE) ...
Poster Exhibition was opened from the joint collection of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate (DDVIZIG) and the Danube Museum in Esztergom at the Drava Museum of Public Interest in Barcs on the occasion of the World Water Day - March 22, 2021.
For many people quad bikes are known as sports equipment, however these vehicles are now suitable for professional, corporate and official purposes. From now on, the work of water sector’s staff will also be considerably facilitated by quads.
The water management problems of River Drava in Barcs were discussed by Mr Zoltán Bencs, Head of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate and Mr Csaba Koós, Mayor of Barcs, at the Mayor's Office on March 11, 2021 ...
On March 9, 2021 a joint on-site visit was held concerning the flood protection of coastal parts of Dunaszekcső and Bár settlements by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate and the Mohács Branch-Office of Baranya County Directorate for Disaster Management.
Blood donation campaign was organized at the premises of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate on Tuesday March 9, 2021.
Annual consultation meeting on planning the installation of waterway marks was held online – due to COVID-19 pandemic situation – by the General Directorate of Water Management (OVF) on February 23, 2021.
In accordance with current legal provisions and measures a 24-hour technical on-call service is operated by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate, which is performed by our employees on a weekly basis.
The 2nd Spatial Data on Water and GIS Conference was held by the General Directorate of Water Management with the online participation of experts from the Territorial Directorates for Water on February 17-18, 2021.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate (DDVIZIG) has also joined the Hungarian Program Series of the European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR), which was organized by the Ministry for Innovation and Technology last year on November 21-29, 2020. The event’s theme for the year of 2020 was “Invisible waste”.
Books and publications from the end of the 1800s and the beginning of the 1900s, mainly on the subject of definite project plans; documentations and books on water management were donated to the Danube Museum, Esztergom, which improves and diversifies the library's collection.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate (DDVIZIG) has also joined the Hungarian Program Series of the European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR), which was organized by the Ministry for Innovation and Technology on November 21-29, 2020.
Several gifts and presents were collected by the employees of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate in the framework of a Christmas Charity Campaign this year for children living in the care of the Baranya County Child Protection Centre and the Regional Child Protection Specialised Service.
In recent months, a large-scale environmental clean-up and garbage collection campaign was launched in the operational area of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate by our staff members. On this occasion, an open event to the press was organized on November 13 (Friday) in the south part of Mohács, along the flood protection embankment of River Danube.
ll for tender was announced by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate (7623 Pécs, Köztársaság tér 7.) – based on the provisions of Government Decree No. 254/2007. (X.4.) on the Management of State Property – on October 2, 2020, for the partial lease of the area with land register reference number ...
Open call for tender was announced by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate (7623 Pécs, Köztársaság tér 7.) – based on the provisions of Government Decree No. 254/2007. (X.4.) on the Management of State Property – on October 5, 2020, for the partial lease of the area with land register reference number ...
A large-scale environmental clean-up and garbage collection campaign was launched in the operational area of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate has participated as member of the Water Management Council of Lake Balaton Sub-catchment area in its online meeting on 17 November 2020. The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate was represented by our staff member previously delegated to the Council.
Environmental clean-up and garbage collection campaign was implemented in a total of 15 sectors on specific sections of River Danube, River Drava and other small watercourses by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate (DDVIZIG).
Within the framework of the education program for civil servants employed by water management entities, internal training was held on the subjects of “Rules regarding data management and data protection, encrypted data management and data transmission” by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate on November 10, 2020.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate considers environmental protection, maintenance and care as vitally important and essential. We are convinced that our values and its conservation can only be entrusted with the future generations if we teach them how to do so ...
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate (DDVIZIG) has also joined the Hungarian Program Series of the European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR), which is organized by the Ministry for Innovation and Technology.
During the autumn of 2020 the annual on-site visits of water damage prevention structures under the trusteeship of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate were executed by the contribution of our experts.
On-site visit at the Hillside operational area of Engineering District of Kaposvár was carried out by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate on October 29, 2020.
On October 28, 2020, on-site visit at the Hillside operational area of Engineering District of Pécs was held by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate ...
Autumn on-site visit was held on October 20, 2020 regarding the entire length of the first-rate importance flood protection defensive lines as well as the major flood and inland water protection facilities that can be accessed through the affected routes ...
Autumn on-site visit was held on October 16, 2020 regarding the entire length of the first-rate importance flood protection defensive lines as well as the major flood and inland water protection facilities that can be accessed through the affected routes, with special attention given to structures covered by our directorate's mission plan and action plan.
The annual review of the water damage prevention structures in 2020 under the trusteeship of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate took place on 15-16 October and 20 October 2020 ...
Transboundary on-site visits were held at River Drava in the area of Barcs and Drávaszabolcs by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate on October 14, 2020.
During the month of September 2020, 26-46 mm of rain fell on the operational area of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate, which is significantly less than the multi-year average. There was virtually no rainfall in the first two-thirds of the month.
On October 12-13, 2020, the autumn inspection of hydrographic stations took place in the operational area of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate - Engineering District of Kaposvár.
Due to the dredging of Lake Balaton - in order to prevent the deterioration of water quality – the previously imposed measures of second-degree of water quality preparedness was terminated on October 12, 2020 (Monday) at 6 pm by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate.
As part of the usual autumn inspection, the flood protection section 05.03 of Drávasztára was visited on October 1, 2020 with the help of our experts. Flood defense embankments and structures were visited and inspected by the Committee.
Communication lines, instruments and devices were checked in the framework of an onsite visit in the flood protection centers and business premises by the responsible IT Committee of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate between 5th and 8th October 2020.
On October 6, 2020, the autumn inspection of hydrographic stations took place in the operational area of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate - Engineering District of Pécs.
As part of the regular autumn inspection, the following flood protection structures were visited between the 23rd and 30th September 2020 with the participation of our section engineers, deputy section engineers, head of departments, area inspectors and flood protection officers ...
Call for Proposals was published by the Ministry of Interior - Deputy State Secretariat for Public Employment and Water Management in the 52nd edition of Official Notice 2020 to promote the Call for Proposals for Hugo Lampl Memorial Plaque Award in 2021 ...
Students from the University of Pécs are regularly accepted by our directorate for years. From September 28, 2020, students of the Faculty of Science majoring in geoinformatics spend a week with us as apprentices.
Within the framework of the Education Programme for Civil Servants employed by water management entities, internal training was held by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate on September 24, 2020, on the subject of Data Management and Data Protection Rules, Encrypted Data Management, Data Transmission.
At the end of July, catchment areas in County Somogy – within the operational area of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate – experienced heavy, two-day rainfall activities, which caused the highest water levels in the past 70 years (since the beginning of observation) at several hydrographic stations ...
Open call for tender was announced by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate – based on the provisions of Government Decree No. 254/2007. (X.4.) on the Management of State Property – on August 6, 2020, for the partial lease of the area with land register reference number ...
Two awareness-raising events were organized by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate (DDVIZIG) and the Association of Fishermen's Recreation Clubs in County Baranya (HEBMESZ) on 11 and 18 September 2020 at the backwater of Boros-Drava on the outskirts of settlement Old.
Due to the removal of fish carcasses was carried out by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate on stream Vargabónyi, the third degree of water quality damage control preparedness was cancelled on Thursday September 17, 2020 at 6:00 pm.
Due to the removal of fish carcasses is in progress, which is carried out by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate on stream Vargabónyi for this reason the second degree of water quality damage control preparedness ...
Due to fish mortality on stream Vargabónyi – in the area of Magyaregres - second degree of water quality damage control preparedness was ordered by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate from 6 am on Wednesday September 16, 2020.
The latest meeting of the South-Transdanubian Regional Water Management Council (DDTVT) and the Drava Sub-Basin Water Management Council (DRVT) was hold on September 10, 2020, at the premises of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate in Pécs.
Our colleague, Gábor Németh was honoured - based on the recommendation of Director Zoltán Bencs -, by Mr István Láng, Director of the General Directorate of Water Management with the Director General's Award on the occasion of our national holiday, August 20. Gábor Németh ...
Open call for tender was announced by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate – based on the provisions of Government Decree No. 254/2007. (X.4.) on the Management of State Property – on August 6, 2020, for the partial lease of the area ...
The second six-month period sampling was carried out by the experts of the Hungarian-Croatian Water Quality Protection Sub-Committee on August 31, 2020; at the same time the approved minutes evaluating the work of 2019 was signed by the chairmen of the Sub-Committee in Mohács.
In Péterhida the bridge – on the municipal dirt road leading to the border guard barracks – was endangered by the flooding of stream Malomárok running parallel to stream Rinya.
The precipitation record was broken in County Somogy due to the fact that the amount of three months’ rain fell in one night (150 mm of rain fell during the period of 24 hours).
Joint flood protection exercise was held by the General Directorate of Water Management and the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate at several locations in the area of ??its operation on July 14, 2020.
The basis of the current water management cooperation between Hungary and the Republic of Croatia is the Government Decree 127/1996. (VII. 25.), which contains the text of the Convention on Water Management Co-operation, signed between the Government of Hungary and the Republic of Croatia in Pécs on July 10, 1994.
In the last decade, short-term, heavy rains have often occurred in the operational area of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate, as the result of extreme weather conditions, which had the impact of flooding.
Earth Day was organized and celebrated in 1970 for the first time. Today it is celebrated in 175 countries and has been held in Hungary since 1990.
Public service in the field of water management
Technical meeting at the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate
April 20, 2020
World Water Day is an event held on March 22 each year. Its purpose is to raise awareness of the importance of clean and freshwater to be accessible and available for all and to highlight the vulnerability and actual exposure of freshwater resources and supplies to danger. World Water Day was first formally proposed by the United Nations General Assembly following the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and one year later in 1993, it was held for the first time.
Mrs Judit Illényiné Szekeres, Assistant Financial Director was granted Silver Award for Public Service in recognition of her exemplary work in the field of water management on the occasion of our National Day 15th March by Dr. Sándor Pintér, Minister of Interior.
This short Film was made for the World Water Day on behalf of the General Directorate of Water Management ...
On the proposal of Zoltán Bencs director and on the recommendation of the Board of Water Management Trustees two members of our staff were honoured by Dr. Sándor Pintér, Minister of Interior on the occasion of the World Water Day March 22, 2020 ...
World Water Day is an event held on March 22 each year. Its purpose is to raise awareness of the importance of clean and freshwater to be accessible and available for all and to highlight the vulnerability and actual exposure of freshwater resources and supplies to danger. World Water Day was first formally proposed by the United Nations General Assembly following the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and one year later in 1993, it was held for the first time.
This year's World Water Day focuses on climate change, with the slogan: WATER AND CLIMATE CHANGE.
With regard to the national emergency, that was declared by the Hungarian Government and was regulated in Government Decree 40/2020 (III.11.) and 41/2020. (III.11.) our main celebration event of World Water Day, which was planned to be held on Wednesday March 25, 2020 at 11 am by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate in the Celebration Hall – Municipality of Barcs is cancelled.
Dear Visitor,
From Monday, March 16, 2020, face-to-face service is suspended to the public in our offices until further notice. In order to prevent infection of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) walk-in visitors are only accepted in exceptional and specific emergency cases and in-person services will be provided only for those, who have individual special permit. Giving permit falls within the competence of the director of South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate ...
With regard to the national emergency, that was declared by the Hungarian Government and was regulated in Government Decree 40/2020 (III.11.) and 41/2020. (III.11.) our main celebration event of World Water Day, which was planned to be held on Wednesday March 25, 2020 at 11 am by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate in the Celebration Hall – Municipality of Barcs is cancelled.
The 53.5-hectare storm water reservoir with the capacity of 1.280.000 cubic meters was completed in the summer of 2019 in County Baranya near the border of Barátúr, Magyarszék and Magyarhertelend, as a project of the consortium comprised the General Directorate of Water Management and the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate.
Due to the retirement of the previous director Mr László Márk, Mr Zoltán Bencs was appointed to the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate from 1 January 2020.
The water flow due to the failure of the right spoil bank of Stream Jamai was stopped by our staff with the installation of sandbags.
The installation is stable, there is no leakage thus the third degree of local flood alert is cancelled today, December 6, 2019 at 4 p.m.
The right spoil bank of Stream Jamai has broken on the section 2 + 900 km in Balatonboglár, therefore third degree of local flood alert emergency was ordered and issued by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate on December 5, 2019 from 9:00 am.
On-site flood defense work has begun with sandbags and plank support and is still taking place.
Faculty Open Day was held on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at the Campus in Baja by the Faculty of Water Sciences - National University of Public Service, where the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate was also represented.
The book titled “Integrated Water Management – The Birth of Hydroinformatics - European and Global Integration” was published with the support of General Directorate of Water Management. The volume was written by István Ijjas, Professor Emeritus, Department of Water Management and Hydraulic Engineering - Faculty of Civil Engineering - Budapest University of Technology and Economics.
At the last technical committee meeting in 2019, three topics were discussed by the committee members: the wastewater treatment program of the settlements of Bakóca, Baranyaszentgyörgy and Gödre.
The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate held a press-public evaluation meeting of 2019’s the autumn water dam remediation facility on November 11, 2019 (Monday), in the directorate's conference room.
This year's meeting of liaison persons of the the libraries of water museums and exhibitions took place in KÖTIVIZIG from 5 to 6 November 2019.
Second semester meeting was held by the South-Transdanubian Regional Water Management Council and River Drava sub-basin Water Management Council on October 25, 2019, at the headquarters of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate (hereinafter: DDVIZIG).
Project closing event was held by the Alliance of Climate-Friendly Municipalities in the Knights Hall of the Budapest History Museum of the Hungarian National Museum in Esztergom on Thursday, October 24, 2019.
Budapest Water Summit 2019 was visited by more than 2300 water management professionals, financial market participants and politicians from 118 countries 15-17 October 2019 in Budapest. The event was first organized by the Hungarian government in October 2013 in cooperation with United Nations organizations and International Secretariat for Water (ISW).
On 7th August 2019 Certificate of merits were granted to the employees of South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate who were involved in rescue operations following the disaster of Hableány on 29th May 2019. Certificate of merits were granted by István Láng, Director - General Directorate of Water Management and László Márk - Head of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate.
The closing event of the project "Construction of Storm Water Reservoir at the catchment area of Baranya Canal" - a project of the Consortium of two governmental bodies: General Directorate of Water Management and the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate - was held yesterday in Magyarszék and Magyarhertelend. The largest reservoir in terms of water capacity in County Baranya was named ‘Lake Barátúri’.
This year, the International Danube Day was celebrated by the Hungarian water sector in Győr. Please scroll down for the photos of the event.
Short bilingual film with English subtitles was shot about the implementation of “Ecological revitalization of Boros-Dráva and Aljmaski rit branches to renew aquatic habitats, increase biodiversity and fishing tourism possibilities” project within the framework of INTERREG V-A Hungary-Croatia Co-operation Programme 2014-2020 by Zeleni Hrvatske (Greens of Croatia), one of the project partners.
Five primary and five high school teams measured their knowledge last week in the territorial finals of the disaster protection youth contest.- in a total of 10 events - in the courtyard of the Baranya County Disaster Management Directorate.
This year, the General Directorate of Water Management organized an annual national meeting in Somogy County with the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate on inland water protection, water management and flooding.
The weather of this year is very unfavorable for precipitation. After the severe drought in the autumn 2018, the water shortage in the soil did not decrease during the winter 2018, moreover there was very low rainfall in our operational area since the end of January 2019.
Mrs Judit Illényiné Szekeres Assistant Financial Director has received Ministerial Award - Employee of the Year, and Mr Alajos Burián Head of Department for Flood Protection and River Management has received Ministerial Award ...
Yesterday, the winners of the World Water Day Poetry Contest were awarded at the Thermal Spa in Magyarhertelend. The national poetry contest was launched for primary school students on the occasion of World Water Day in 2019 with the slogan “Leaving no one behind!”. The four best poems were read by the creators and they were awarded at the ceremony of World Water Day. The South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate had the honor to have Mr. Csaba Nagy, MP at the event. It was a pleasure to celebrate with the enthusiastic participants.
National poetry contest was launched for primary school students on the occasion of World Water Day in 2019 with the slogan “Leaving no one behind!” by the South Transdanubian Water Management Directorate and Hungarian Hydrological Society’s Territorial Organizations of County Baranya and Somogy.
Due to below the average rainfall in recent months, mild – in some areas moderate - drought events emerged in Southern Transdanubia. Autumn was significantly low in precipitation with the exception of September with abundant rain, while winter with the exception of January low precipitation was detected than the average.
József Majorlaki (Ph.D.), qualified chemical engineer, engineer for water supply and sewerage, former head of department and technical adviser of DDVIZIG South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate, honorary member of the Hungarian Hydrological Society passed away at the age of 98 ...
Call for Proposals was published by the Ministry of Interior - Deputy State Secretariat for Public Employment and Water Management in the 6th edition of Official Notice 2019 to promote the Call for Proposals for Hugo Lampl Memorial Plaque in 2019.
As the result of the implementation of our DRAWA project within the framework of INTERREG V-A Hungary-Croatia Co-operation Programme 2014-2020, DRAWA mobile application is available now.
National Vocational Education Competition (OSZTV) was published this year as well in accordance with traditions and in line with Section 73(2)(h) of Act 187 of 2011 on Vocational Education and Training.
At the beginning of 2019, a series of national information events were initiated by the water management sector in order to support the implementation of Government Decree No 379/2015 of 8 December 2015 on Specific Waste Water Treatment and Storage Solutions for Settlements, and facilitate the fulfilment of annual online statistical data report requirements for notaries.
First level inland water protection alerts were cancelled from 6:00 pm 7 February 2019 by the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate at the inland protection section numbered 05.03 at Lake-Balaton South shore Balatonlelle, at the pumping stations of Zardavári sub catchment area Ordacsehi and Zamárdi-Tóközi sub catchment area Zamárdi.
This year the 37th National General Meeting will be organized by the Hungarian Hydrological Society in Pécs as the most important professional symposium and it will be held on 3-5 July 2019 ...
In January 2019, DRAWA project is about to be completed. The project was implemented within the framework of INTERREG V-A Hungary-Croatia Co-operation Programme 2014-2020, and was funded by the European Union, the amount of EU contribution was 235 770,74 EUR.
First level inland water protection alert was ordered from 6:00 am 16 January 2019 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.
As in 2017, in the framework of a roadshow, water management as a profession was promoted by the Faculty of Water Sciences – National University of Public Service (NUPS) and the General Directorate of Water Management (OVF) in 2018 with a series of events in the whole country at several premises.
At the request of Danube-Dráva National Park water replenishment of Cún-Szaporca oxbow system was launched by the South- Transdanubian Water Management Directorate on October 17, 2018. Water replenishment of Cún-Szaporca oxbow system was made with the closure of the dam Cún from the Black Water stream.
Traditional Santa Claus celebration was held by our directorate this year as well for the pleasure of every child. This Wednesday at five o'clock in the afternoon Santa Claus arrived to us ...
The annual open day was organized by the NKE (NUPS); besides the National Directorate of Water Management this year's stands of the twelve Water Management Directorates could be visited during the occasion. Visitors were informed by the colleagues and representatives of the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate as well about the benefits of the water management sector as a profession and its’ career opportunities.
The water sector, such as the South-Transdanubian Water Management Directorate, is a priority for cooperation with the Faculty of Water Sciences of the National Civil Service. Similarly to last year, this year's construction of the existing reservoir within the framework of settlement and regional development was also reviewed.
The length of the reservoir site to be built will be 2,600 meters, and its construction has begun at the end of June 2018. Due to the amount of the 2,000 - 3,000 cubic meters of daily work, the construction of the dike stature and the formation of the slope were completed by the contractor by the middle of October before the beginning of rainy season.
The 14,42 billion HUF project from the European Union project entitled "Water retention and land use change planning in the Ancestor-Drava program" was held on 14 November 2018 at the Ancestor-Drava Visitor Center in Szaporca.
The lowest water level record (LKV) of River Danube was broken in the morning of 18th October, 2018 at Mohács. The water level of River Danube has been measured since 1901, and since then the lowest water level record was 62 cm on the 1st September 2003. Due to the recent extreme weather conditions the current water level of River Danube dropped below the lowest water level record (LKV) by 4 cm.
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.
The urbanization, the development of technology, the exploitation of environmental resource and all these are closely related to, that the climate of the Earth is constantly always in changing...
Dear Water User,
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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