General

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IMPLEMENTATION OF THEWATER FRAMEWORK
DIRECTIVE IN HUNGARY
Eszter HAVAS-SZILÁGYI Ministry of
Transport and Water Management
László BALÁSHÁZY Ministry for Environment
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WATER BODIES AND MONITORING
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IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERISATION OF THE
WATER BODIES
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Typology, preliminary designation of surface
water bodies

• Draft proposal for water courses
• altitude
• geologic character
• size of the catchment areas
• travel time from origine
• small flow/average flow

• Draft proposal for lakes
• altitude
• geologic character
• surface
• average depth
• residence time
• water level fluctuation

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Preliminary designation of groundwater bodies

• Draft proposal for groundwater bodies
• type of the aquifer
• subsurface catchment (without abstraction)
• gt lt 30 oC
• flow regime (downward, upward or intermedier)
• other aspects

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MONITORING
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Available information and informatic issues

• Information for characterisation is available,
• except
• hydromorphology of small water courses
• biological parameters
• micropollutants

• Pressures and impacts
• inventory of pollution sources exists, but not
  complete
• source protection - assessment of pollution
  sources

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Source protection assessment of pollution sources
Drinking water supply 95 from
groundwater Protected areas 8 of the country,

Until now appr. 1500 potential pollution sources
have been assessed at 230 vulnerable well
fields Planned until 2010 appr. 3000 pollution
sources at 700 well fields
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Available information and informatic issues

• Information for characterisation is available,
• except
• hydromorphology of small water courses
• biological parameters
• micropollutants

• Pressures and impacts
• inventory of pollution sources exists, but not
  complete
• source protection - assessment of pollution
  sources

Feasibility study on GIS based information system
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Monitoring network
Existing monitoring network is sufficient for
quantity, but comprehensive development is needed
for quality
Surface water quality monitoring at the border
and in large and medium rivers, not detailed
enough in small water courses and lakes