?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4485%2F&rft.title=System+Approaches+for+the+Analysis+of+Water+Quality+Management+of+the+Sio%2C+Kapos%2C+Veszpremi-Sed%2C+Malom%2C+Nador%2C+and+Gaja+River+System+(Hungary)&rft.creator=Feher%2C+J.&rft.creator=Lence%2C+B.J.&rft.creator=Masliev%2C+I.&rft.creator=Smith%2C+M.G.&rft.creator=Somlyody%2C+L.&rft.description=The+current+challenge+for+water+quality+management+in+Central+Europe+and+Eastern+Europe+is+to+identify+feasible+and+cost-effective+strategies+for+achieving+sustainable+progress+towards+improved+water+quality.+This+goal+is+set+against+a+background+of+existing+water+quality+standards+which+are+strong+but+difficult+to+enforce%2C+the+changing+role+of+the+public+sector+after+the+fall+of+central+planning%2C+limited+financial+resources+and+the+uncertainty+and+weak+economic+conditions+of+the+transition.+Within+this+context%2C+successful+water+quality+management+requires+strategies+that+are%3A+(a)+administratively+enforceable%3B+(b)+strengthen+and+stabilize+water+quality+management+institutions%3B+(c)+financially+feasible%3B+(d)+promote+economic+efficiency%3B+and+(e)+fairly+distribute+costs+over+responsible+parties.+%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+Sio%2C+Kapos%2C+Veszpremi-Sed%2C+Malom%2C+Nador+and+Gaja+River+System+epitomizes+this+need+and+confronts+nearly+all+of+the+serious+water+management+problems+now+facing+Hungary.+It+is+the+home+to+the+majority+of+Hungary's+chemical+industries+receiving+high+wastewater+loads+from+both+industrial+and+municipal+sources.+The+government+seeks+to+clean+up+the+river+system%2C+especially+the+Veszpremi-Sed+River+and+Malom+and+Nador+Channels%2C+but+is+concerned+about+the+costs+of+the+chemical+industry+and+the+economically+stressed+municipalities+and+their+customers.+Local+water+and+environmental+authorities+face+the+controversial+challenge+of+satisfying+the+various+demands+on+the+system+while+taking+into+account+constraints+on+both+quality+and+supply.+%0D%0A%0D%0AIn+this+microcosm+of+Hungary+and+Central+and+Eastern+Europe+a+water+quality+modeling+and+management+tool+developed+by+IIASA's+Water+Resources+Project+will+be+applied+to+help+identify+effective+water+quality+management+alternatives.+This+introductory+Working+Paper+describes+the+nature+of+the+water+quality+management+problem%2C+the+policy+setting+and+the+management+strategies+which+will+be+assessed.&rft.publisher=WP-95-111&rft.date=1995-12&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4485%2F1%2FWP-95-111.pdf&rft.identifier=++Feher%2C+J.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1242.html%3E%2C+Lence%2C+B.J.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1412.html%3E%2C+Masliev%2C+I.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1436.html%3E%2C+Smith%2C+M.G.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F2759.html%3E%2C+%26+Somlyody%2C+L.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1584.html%3E++(1995).++System+Approaches+for+the+Analysis+of+Water+Quality+Management+of+the+Sio%2C+Kapos%2C+Veszpremi-Sed%2C+Malom%2C+Nador%2C+and+Gaja+River+System+(Hungary).+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-95-111+++++