Naslov
Challenges in the Management of Cross – Border Water Supply Systems – the DRINKADRIA Project

Autori
Altran, Enrico ; Banovec, Primož ; Toscano, Paolo ; Karleuša, Barbara

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Water Ideas 2014 / - , 2014

Skup
Water Ideas 2014

Mjesto i datum
Bologna, Italija, 22.10.2014. - 24.10.2014

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
cross-border water supply system management; cross-border water resources management.

Sažetak
While management of water supply systems is a broad domain well addressed by professionals and researchers the issue of cross-border water supply systems (WSS) is not so recognized. Cross-border water supply systems (CBWSS) by the definition provide the water from a water resource in one county through a WSS in this country to another WSS and its users in another country. While the management of different realities faced by the water utilities in an administrative reality defined in one country is already an issue, it is quite clear that the management of the reality of drinking water supply in a cross-border context more than doubles the complexity of this task. One might have thought that there are not so many cross-border WSS, and to certain extent this could unfortunately even be confirmed. The countries rely on the national territory based water supply defining it in some way as a national priority, even if it would be related to excessive costs. On the other hand there are several WSS which turned to be a cross-border water supply system with a development of new borders, defining new countries. In these cases water supply systems which were once conceptualized to operate in one administrative reality, start to operate within a reality of two national administrative systems. In the EU such development could be observed especially in the countries of former Yugoslavia. The protection and management of cross-border water resources used for drinking purpose is also very complex. There are resources that are used for water supply in one country with a part of aquifer / catchment in another country. The need for a common definition and protection of water resources that are used for supplying population with drinking water is already defined by the EU Water Framework Directive (EU 2000/60) and is implemented by the water management plans. However, the drinking water protection areas are defined for each country separately, with no consensus with the neighbouring country. In the paper an overview of the Project DRINKADRIA that encompasses the above explained complex problems regarding cross-border water supply systems and water resources management is given.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Građevinarstvo

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