Runoff analysis of the Danube and Traisen river

During the past few years several major floods occurred, among others on the danube and Traisen rivers. Because of the damage caused to infrastructural facilities and private buildings, these incidents were of great interest to the media. According to local observers, floods occur quicker and more often than ever before. Also, a change in travel time, discharge amounts and heights cannot be precluded anymore. Further causes stated are the stronger sedimentation in the reservoirs. and eventually the influence of the operation of Danube power stations. An additional burden for the population living along the boarders of the rivers are stronger sediment and sludge deposits after floods. Therefore, an analysis of the change in discharge, especially in the floodplains of the Traisen catchment area and in the area of the lower Austrian Danube will be undertaken, to attempt to register the changes and their causes. The results will form the basis for strategies to be used for future flood protection.