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Climate Change and Impacts on Water Supply
- Project Leader
- Nachtnebel Hans-Peter, BOKU Project Leader
- Duration:
- 01.05.2009-30.04.2013
- Type of Research
- Applied Research
- Project partners
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Academy of Romania, Institute of Geography, Dimitrie Racovita 12, 70307 Bucharest, Romania.
Contact person: Mr Petru Enciu;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Contact person: Department of Civil Engineering, Mr Margaritis Vafeiadis;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
Central Directorate for Water and Environment, Márvány utca 1/d, 1012 Budapest, Hungary.
Contact person: Department of River Basin Management, Mr László Perger;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
Croatian Waters, Legal entity for water management, Ulica grada Vukovara 220, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Contact person: Ms Mojca Luksic;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
Gemeinde Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Oberer Stadtplatz 28, 4430 Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Austria.
Contact person: Markus Hochleitner;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
Jaroslav Cerni Institute for Development of Water Resources, 80 Jaroslav Cerni Street, 11226 Belgrade, Serbia.
Contact person: Mr Dusan Duric;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
Javno podjete Vodovod-Kanalizacija, Vodovodna cesta 90 , 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Contact person: Ms Branka Bracic Zeleznik;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
MA 31 Wiener Wasserwerke, Grabnergasse 4 - 6, 1060 WIEN, Austria.
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
Ministery of Agriculture, Stubenring 1, A-1010 Wien, Austria.
Contact person: Sektion Forst, Marxergasse 2, 1030 Wien, Hubert Siegel;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
Ministry of Spatial planning and Environment, Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia, Vojkova 1b, P.P 2549, 1000 Lubljana, Slovenia.
Contact person: Ms Petra Souvent;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
Municipal Enterprise for Planning and Development of Patras S.A., Str. El. Venizelou 38 & Solomou, 26333 Patras, Greece.
Contact person: Mr Konstadinos Konstadakopoulos;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
National Institute of Hydrology and Water Management, Sos. Bucuresti-Ploiesti, no. 97, 013686 Bucharest, Romania.
Contact person: Ms Ada Pandele;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
National Meteorological Administration, Sos. Bucuresti-Ploiesti 97, 013686 Bucharest, Romania.
Contact person: Climatology Division, Ms Aristita Busuioc;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
Regional Administration of Molise, Viale Regina Elena 1, 86100 Campobasso, Italy.
Contact person: Mr Francesco Manfredi Selvaggi;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
State Forestry Agency, Blvd. Hristo Botev 55, 1040 Sofia, Bulgaria.
Contact person: Ms Albena Bobeva;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
Thessaloniki Water Supply & Sewerage Co sa, 127 Egnatia str., 54635 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Contact person: Mr Athanasios Soupilas;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
University of Belgrade, Djusina str. 7, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
Contact person: Faculty of Mining and Geology, Mr Zoran Stevanovic;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
University of Ljubljana, Kongresni trg 12, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Contact person: Ms Barbara Cencur Curk;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner
Further information: http://www.ccwaters.eu
- BOKU Research Units
- Institute of Hydrology and Watermanagement
- Institute of Meteorology and Climatology
- Funded by
- MA31 Wiener Wasserwerke , Grabnergasse 4 - 6, 1060 Wien, Austria
- Abstract
- Climate change (CC) affects fresh water resources and may have significant influence on public drinking water supply. Land use activities exert pressure on water resources and will change according to CC. It is crucial for safeguarding future water supply to anticipate these climate and land use changes and to assess their impacts on water resources.
Transnational action is needed to prepare SEE for the challenge of ensuring water supply for society for several decades. Policy makers and water suppliers are required to develop sustainable management practices for water resources, considering existing and future CC influences. Therefore CC-WaterS will identify and evaluate resulting impacts on availability and safety of public drinking water supply for several future decades. Elaborated measures to adapt to those changes build the ground for a Water Supply Management System regarding optimization of water extraction, land use restrictions, and socio-economic consequences under climate change scenarios for water suppliers in SEE. The joint actions to produce this technical system will be performed on a transnational level in the Alps, Danube Middle and Lower Plains and coastal areas representing different SEE-characteristic climates and topography.
In CC-WaterS, SEE governmental bodies, water suppliers and research institutions work together and implement jointly developed solutions, hence to be applied on a regional or local level in SEE. The complementary knowledge of the partners, enhanced by further applicable results of past projects, will provide a strong background.
Capitalising already existing knowledge and data from EU-funded scientific projects and eliminating parallel investigations, CC-WaterS will make information applicable for concrete solutions, develop tools and instruments for public water supply and implement safeguarding measures. An accessory dissemination strategy will ensure that CC-WaterS’ durable results are transferred to the relevant users.
- Keywords
- hydrology; water supply; water management;
- Climate change; Land use; South-East Europe; Water management;