Danube Sediment Management - Restoration of the Sediment Balance in the Danube River

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Danube

Date of latest update: 2023-11-06

Description

Description (EN):

In the Danube Basin an increasing discrepancy between surplus and lack of sediment can be observed. This leads to an increase of flood risks and a reduction of navigation possibilities, hydropower production and biodiversity. Thus, sediment transport and sediment management are urgent issues, which can only be treated in a transnational basin wide approach as sediments don’t regard administrative or political borders. The lack of sediment management has been recognized by the ICPDR in the Danube River Basin Management Plan in 2009 and 2015. Thus, the main objective of this project is to improve Water and Sediment Management as well as the morphology of the Danube River. To close existing knowledge gaps, sediment data collection will be performed providing information to the sediment data analysis and will lead to a handbook on good practices of sediment monitoring methods. Furthermore, a baseline document on the Danube Sediment Balance will be prepared, which explains the problems which arise with sediment discontinuity negatively influencing flood risk, inland navigation, ecology and hydropower production. Possible answers to these problems will be be provided by a catalogue of measures. The main outputs of the project are the first Danube Sediment Management Guidance comprising measures to be implemented and a Sediment Manual for the stakeholders consisting of approaches how to implement the measures, which deliver key contributions to the Danube River Basin Management Plan and the Danube Flood Risk Management Plan. By a better and sustainable sediment management in the Danube Basin, improved navigation conditions, reduced flood risks, enhanced ecological status and durable hydropower production will be obtained. Furthermore, International Stakeholder Workhops, training 100 experts, will be organized to reach the target groups and users of the project results as well as to establish an efficient interaction with them.

Achievements (EN):

WHAT DID THE DANUBESEDIMENT PROJECT ACHIEVE? Between January 2017 and November 2019, the DanubeSediment project worked on a large number of activities – each having the overall goal to improve sediment and water management in the Danube River Basin! First of all, we compared the different monitoring instruments and methods used to collect sediment data by the Danubian countries. Our handbook offers recommendations to improve sediment monitoring. For example, we recommend installing new monitoring stations and establishing a harmonized transnational sediment quantity monitoring network with a centralised sediment data bank. Another major package was the analysis of the sediment balance of the Danube and its major tributaries. Our results (see The Sediment (Un-)Balance of the Danube) show that the sediment regime has severely changed, with free-flowing sections being prone to erosion, whilst impoundments lead to sedimentation. Socio-economic development, namely flood protection, hydropower, navigation, water supply and commercial dredging are the main drivers of these changes. Building on the results of a preliminary risk assessment, which analysed how changes in the sediment regime may cause an environmental risk, our project recommends a sustainable management of sediment in the Danube. Read more on the methodology applied for pilot sites in the Upper, Middle and Lower Danube and the results in the report. To improve sediment management in the Danube, our project collected good-practice measures. Another main objective was to raise awareness about the importance of sediment for water management. In this sense, we reached a major milestone: The ICPDR identified the alteration of the sediment balance as a new sub-item under the existing Significant Water Management Issue “Hydromorphological alterations”. This means that sediment will be directly addressed in their upcoming Danube River Basin Management and Flood Risk Management Plans. WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS IN SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT? Besides analysing the sediment balance of the Danube, our project aimed to improve sediment management in the river. To achieve this, we need to work together on the river basin scale, placing an emphasis on cross-sectoral cooperation. We therefore recommend to develop an integrated Danube River Basin sediment management concept, which operates on a transboundary level. This concept must balance environmental and socio-economic values, operate on different spatial and temporal scales and include upstream–downstream relationships. We also recommend that sediments, respectively sediment management, become an integral part of the National River Basin and the Flood Risk Management Plans. http://www.interreg-danube.eu/approved-projects/danubesediment/campaigns

Website: http://www.interreg-danube.eu/

Expected Results (EN): Intensity of cooperation of key actors in the programme area in order to improve transnational water management and flood risk prevention (survey based composite indicator)

Expected Outputs (EN):

Improved and sustainable transnational sediment management in the Danube River Basin. The project will contribute to an intensified cooperation in transnational water management by improving sediment management. This leads to reduced flood risk, improved navigation conditions, better ecological status and enhanced sustainable hydropower production in the Danube River. The most important target groups are policy makers, water management authorities responsible for water and sediment management, stakeholders (e.g. hydropower or navigation companies), the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR), the Danube Commission (DC). Many of these beneficiaries will directly be involved in the project implementation either as PPs or as ASPs ensuring the durability and sustainability of the project results. Other relevant target groups (even from other territories) will be reached in the frame of the three International Stakeholder Workshops, to be organized during the project implementation, to ensure the knowledge transfer by training 100 experts that will continue the project implementation in their daily work. The project outputs are not specific to the Danube River, thus with the application of the Danube Sediment Management Guidance, the results will be transferable to tributaries of the Danube River, other river basins in Europe and globally via a direct link to the UNESCO World´s Large Rivers Initiative.

Thematic information

Water management Managing natural and man-made threats, risk management Waterways, lakes and rivers

Specific Objective:

Strengthen transnational water management and flood risk prevention (short title). Strengthen joint and integrated approaches to further develop and implement River Basin Management Plans in the Partner States in line with the overall Danube River Basin Management Plan in order to improve transnational water management and flood risk prevention contributing to the sustainable provision of ecosystem services

Thematic Objective: (06) preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency by:

Investment Priority: (06b) investing in the water sector to meet the requirements of the Union's environmental acquis and to address needs, identified by the Member States, for investment that goes beyond those requirements

Partners (14)

Lead Partner: Budapesti Muszaki és Gazdaságtudományi egyetem

Address: Műegyetem rkp. 3., 1111 Budapest, Hungary

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.bme.hu

Total budget: EUR 384 156.96

ERDF budget: EUR 326 533.42

Universität für Bodenkultur Wien

Name: Universität für Bodenkultur Wien

Address: Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33., 1180 Wien, Austria

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.boku.ac.at

Total budget: EUR 653 543.00

ERDF budget: EUR 555 511.55

Република СрбијаМинистарство грађевинарства, саобраћаја и инфраструктуреДирекција за водне путеве

Name: Република СрбијаМинистарство грађевинарства, саобраћаја и инфраструктуреДирекција за водне путеве

Address: Francuska 9, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.plovput.gov.rs

Total budget: EUR 63 959.00

IPA2 budget: EUR 54 365.15

Изпълнителна агенция „Проучване и поддържане на река Дунав“

Name: Изпълнителна агенция „Проучване и поддържане на река Дунав“

Address: Slavyanska str. 6., 7000 Ruse, Bulgaria

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.appd-bg.org

Total budget: EUR 49 240.80

ERDF budget: EUR 41 854.68

Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt

Name: Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt

Address: Bürgermeister-Ulrich-Straße 160, 86179 Augsburg, Germany

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.lfu.bayern.de

Total budget: EUR 442 159.80

ERDF budget: EUR 375 835.83

Technische Universität München,Lehrstuhl für Wasserbau und Wasserwirtschaft

Name: Technische Universität München,Lehrstuhl für Wasserbau und Wasserwirtschaft

Address: Arcisstrasse 21, 80333 Munich, Germany

Legal status: public

Website (not verified): http://www.wb.bgu.tum.de/en/welcome/

Total budget: EUR 411 500.00

ERDF budget: EUR 349 775.00

Administrația Națională "Apele Române"

Name: Administrația Națională "Apele Române"

Address: Edgar Quinet 6., 010018 Bucharest, Romania

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.rowater.ro

Total budget: EUR 276 726.25

ERDF budget: EUR 235 217.31

Výskumný Ústav Vodného Hospodárstva

Name: Výskumný Ústav Vodného Hospodárstva

Address: Nábr. arm. gen. Svobodu 5, 812 49 Bratislava, Slovakia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.vuvh.sk

Total budget: EUR 270 462.50

ERDF budget: EUR 229 893.12

Hrvatske vode – pravna osoba za upravljanje vodama

Name: Hrvatske vode – pravna osoba za upravljanje vodama

Address: Ulica grada Vukovara 220, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.voda.hr

Total budget: EUR 207 845.00

ERDF budget: EUR 176 668.25

Országos Vízügyi Főigazgatóság

Name: Országos Vízügyi Főigazgatóság

Address: Márvány utca 1/D, 1012 Budapest, Hungary

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ovf.hu

Total budget: EUR 186 368.40

ERDF budget: EUR 158 413.14

INŠTITUT ZA VODE REPUBLIKE SLOVENIJE

Name: INŠTITUT ZA VODE REPUBLIKE SLOVENIJE

Address: Dunajska cesta 156, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.izvrs.si

Total budget: EUR 172 496.40

ERDF budget: EUR 146 621.94

Institut za vodoprivredu "Jaroslav Černi" AD

Name: Institut za vodoprivredu "Jaroslav Černi" AD

Address: Jaroslava Černog 80, 11226 Belgrade, Serbia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.jcerni.org

Total budget: EUR 168 244.76

IPA2 budget: EUR 143 008.05

Institutul National de Hidrologie si Gospodarire a Apelor

Name: Institutul National de Hidrologie si Gospodarire a Apelor

Address: Ploiesti street, district 1. 97., 013686 Bucharest, Romania

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.inhga.ro

Total budget: EUR 162 800.75

ERDF budget: EUR 138 380.64

Национален институт по метеорология и хидрология

Name: Национален институт по метеорология и хидрология

Address: Tsarigradsko Shose blvd 66., 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria

Legal status: public

Website: https://www.meteo.bg

Total budget: EUR 109 078.00

ERDF budget: EUR 92 716.30

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University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna

Danube Sediment Management - Restoration of the Sediment Balance in the Danube River

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Republic of SerbiaMinistry of Construction, Transport and InfrastructureDirectorate for Inland Waterways

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Executive Agency “Exploration and Maintenance of the Danube River”

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Bavarian environmental agency

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Technical University of Munich,Chair of Hydraulic Research and Water Resources Management

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Budapest University of Technology and Economics

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National Administration "Romanian Waters"

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Water Research Institute

Danube Sediment Management - Restoration of the Sediment Balance in the Danube River

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Croatian Waters - legal entity for water management

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Országos Vízügyi Főigazgatóság

Danube Sediment Management - Restoration of the Sediment Balance in the Danube River

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Institute for Water of the Republic of Slovenia

Danube Sediment Management - Restoration of the Sediment Balance in the Danube River

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Jaroslav Černi Institute for the Development of Water Resources

Danube Sediment Management - Restoration of the Sediment Balance in the Danube River

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National Institute of Hydrology and Water Management

Danube Sediment Management - Restoration of the Sediment Balance in the Danube River

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Национален Институт по Метеорология и Хидрология

Danube Sediment Management - Restoration of the Sediment Balance in the Danube River

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Summary

Project name (EN): Danube Sediment Management - Restoration of the Sediment Balance in the Danube River

Project acronym: DTP1-195-2.1 - DanubeSediment

Project start date: 2017-01-01

Project end date: 2019-11-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 3 558 581.62

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 3 024 794.38

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 85.00%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 2 827 421.18.
IPA/IPA II/IPA III: Amount, EUR 197 373.20.

Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Studies / surveys

Analysis of Sediment Data Collected along the Danube

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: http://www.interreg-danube.eu/approved-projects/danubesediment

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2019-11-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Data Analyses for the Sediment Balance and Long-term Morphological Development of the Danube

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: http://www.interreg-danube.eu/approved-projects/danubesediment

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2019-11-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Reports

Sediment Monitoring in the Danube River

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: http://www.interreg-danube.eu/approved-projects/danubesediment

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2019-11-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Interactions of Key Drivers and Pressures on the Morphodynamics of the Danube

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: http://www.interreg-danube.eu/approved-projects/danubesediment

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2019-11-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Books

Handbook on Good Practices in Sediment Monitoring

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Book

Data source: http://www.interreg-danube.eu/approved-projects/danubesediment

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2019-11-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

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Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Danube

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2023-09-22

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

155 / 155 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

1 582 / 1 582 (100%)

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Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.interreg-danube.eu/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-10-06, 2023-01-10 and 2024-01-30.

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