Project code: DRP0200156
Funding programme: Danube Transnational Programme (DTP)
Programme priority: A greener, low-carbon Danube Region
Specific Objective: 2.3: Sustainable, integrated, transnational water and sediment management in the Danube River Basin ensuring good quality and quantity of waters and sediment balance
Project duration: 30 months (January 2024 - June 2026)
Lead partner: General Directorate of Water Management
Project partners: Hungary, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova.
Project budget: 3 028 319.50 EUR
Funding rate: 80% (ERDF)
The main objectives of the project Danube Water Balance are:
Enhanced joint data management for Danube River Basin water management planning
A Jointly developed water balance tool for the Danube River Basin
Fostering mutual acceptance of joint water balance methodology through capacity building
The extreme climate change impacts cause significant water balance issues in the
Danube River Basin (DRB), already posing major challenges for the environment, the economy and the whole society. Water management in the DRB is characterized by scattered data availability and various national calculation methods, ultimately leading to country-scale or sub-regional mosaics about the water balance. A jointly developed data management and a water balance model is needed to cope with the transnational water quantity challenges of the basin.
The Danube Water Balance project aims to overcome this situation and contribute to sustainable, integrated transnational water management in the DRB.
The overall objective of the project is to develop a harmonized water balance modelling system in the DRB.
The main outputs will cover four fields:
1. Improved data management for present and future water balance calculations.
2. The state-of-the-art, open-source water balance model for the DRB, that allows the quantification of water balance components for the entire basin and for selected areas of interest.
3. Elaborated water balance scenarios for 4 selected transboundary sub-basins, namely Morava, Tisa, Upper Sava, and Drina.
4. Improved stakeholder insight into transboundary water balance methodology: strong emphasis will be put on sectoral stakeholder involvement and capacity building in the project.
