On October 14, 2019, the Hungarian workshop of the DEEPWATER-CE project was organized by the Mining and Geological Survey of Hungary (MBFSZ) and the Geogold Kárpátia Ltd. The DEEPWATER-CE project aims to develop integrated environmental management capacities of responsible public actors so that they become able to plan water resources and adopt managed aquifer recharge schemes in central European countries as a solution to climate change induced water scarcity.
Besides introducing the project itself, the participants could listen several presentations in the following topics: the professional activities of MBFSZ in the project, MAR systems in the light of international practices, the domestic policy situation, the domestic water supply situation, and the well-established practice in Borsodszirák.
Subsequently, during the roundtable discussion, as an invited expert, Judit Mádl-Szőnyi kept a presentation, in which she introduced the ENeRAG project and its MAR related objectives, highlighting possible cooperation with the DEEPWATER-CE project. In her presentation she emphasized the importance of increasing the use of MAR systems and the possibilities of their application in Hungary. In addition, she reported on our activities over the past year, including the comiliation of a MAR Booklet, the continuously expanding Hungarian MAR database, and the research conducted to date in the Duna-Tisza Interfluve.
Other participants of the ENeRAG project, Timea Havril, Ádám Tóth and Zsóka Szabó were present at the meeting as well.
The meeting also provided an excellent opportunity for ELTE staff to meet with the present industrial partners of ENeRAG project (MBFSZ, General Directorate of Water Management (OVF), Geogold Kárpátia Ltd.), as they could have a discussion on the current and past events of the project.
Judit Mádl-Szőnyi at the workshop