{"id":2730,"date":"2012-07-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/cee\/news\/gwp-toolbox-transboundary-groundwater-management-plans\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T08:13:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T07:13:31","slug":"gwp-toolbox-transboundary-groundwater-management-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/cee\/archive\/gwp-toolbox-transboundary-groundwater-management-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"GWP ToolBox: Transboundary groundwater management plans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In an effort to find solutions to water challenges, a project &#8220;Environmental state and sustainable management of Hungarian-Slovakian transboundary groundwater bodies &#8211; ENWAT&#8221;, supported by European Community Initiative INTERREG IIIA, was launched in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Water management plans were developed for three trans-boundary groundwater bodies in Hungary and Slovakia &#8211; Ipoly River Valley, Bodrog River Region and Aggtelek-Slovak Karst.<\/p>\n<p>The project also provided data on groundwater quality and quantity for decision makers as well as local inhabitants.<\/p>\n<p>The main participants of the ENWAT project were the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mafi.hu\/en\">Geological Institute of Hungary<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sguds.sk\/\">Geological Survey of Slovak Republic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.gtk.fi\/\">Geological Survey of Finland<\/a> (GTK),<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smaragd.hu\/ceg.htm\"> Smaragd-GSH<\/a>, Hungary and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hydeko.sk\/\">HYDEKO<\/a>, Slovakia were subcontractors of the project. GTK was responsible for the water management plans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ListParagraph\">As to the lessons learned, the project showed up that using independent third party in preparing groundwater management plan gives a good overview of actual strengths or weaknesses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ListParagraph\">Cross border co-operation works also better on the lowest possible level, i.e. local municipalities and expert organizations rather than on the higher level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New case study presents experiences from drafting groundwater management plan on trans-boundary river basin level in Hungary and 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