eprintid: 4485 rev_number: 42 eprint_status: archive userid: 351 dir: disk0/00/00/44/85 datestamp: 2016-01-15 02:05:54 lastmod: 2021-08-27 17:15:12 status_changed: 2016-01-15 02:05:54 type: monograph metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 2 creators_name: Feher, J. creators_name: Lence, B.J. creators_name: Masliev, I. creators_name: Smith, M.G. creators_name: Somlyody, L. creators_id: 7397 creators_id: 1644 creators_id: 1488 creators_id: AL1718 creators_id: 1437 title: System Approaches for the Analysis of Water Quality Management of the Sio, Kapos, Veszpremi-Sed, Malom, Nador, and Gaja River System (Hungary) ispublished: pub internal_subjects: iis_ecl internal_subjects: iis_mnt internal_subjects: iis_mod internal_subjects: iis_sys internal_subjects: iis_wat abstract: 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, the changing role of the public sector after the fall of central planning, limited financial resources and the uncertainty and weak economic conditions of the transition. Within this context, successful water quality management requires strategies that are: (a) administratively enforceable; (b) strengthen and stabilize water quality management institutions; (c) financially feasible; (d) promote economic efficiency; and (e) fairly distribute costs over responsible parties. The Sio, Kapos, Veszpremi-Sed, Malom, 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, especially the Veszpremi-Sed River and Malom and Nador Channels, 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. In 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, the policy setting and the management strategies which will be assessed. date: 1995-12 date_type: published publisher: WP-95-111 iiasapubid: WP-95-111 price: 10 creators_browse_id: 1242 creators_browse_id: 1412 creators_browse_id: 1436 creators_browse_id: 2759 creators_browse_id: 1584 full_text_status: public monograph_type: working_paper place_of_pub: IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria pages: 43 coversheets_dirty: FALSE fp7_type: info:eu-repo/semantics/book citation: Feher, J. , Lence, B.J. , Masliev, I. , Smith, M.G. , & Somlyody, L. (1995). System Approaches for the Analysis of Water Quality Management of the Sio, Kapos, Veszpremi-Sed, Malom, Nador, and Gaja River System (Hungary). IIASA Working Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: WP-95-111 document_url: https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/4485/1/WP-95-111.pdf