Environmental Assessment for Natural Resources Revitalization in Solotvyno to prevent the further pollution of the Upper-Tisza Basin through the preparation of a complex monitoring system

Programme 2014 - 2020 Hungary - Slovakia - Romania - Ukraine ENI CBC

Date of latest update: 2022-02-04

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Description (EN):

According to the Integrated Tisza River Basin Management Plan (ITRBMP), approved at ministerial level, the risk of accidental pollution due to mining is much higher in the Tisza River Basin as compared with the Danube River Basin. Serious environmental impact affecting Tisza River were caused by the salt mine disaster in Solotvyno in 2008 meaning that the salt content in the river reached contamination value ten times over the average level. Beside the salt contamination that pollutes the ground and surface waters, the collapsing mine shafts imply continuous danger to human lives and cascading effects. For the full exploration of the problems two EU missions (2016) have been organized in order to conduct a comprehensive risk assessment at the target area. The Report contains recommendations for environmental actions. The REVITAL I is the first activity that aims gradually bringing the environmental proposals into practice. The main goal of the REVITAL I. is to set the foundation for the establishment of the revitalization process of the Solotvyno mine and surrounding area through deepened cross- border cooperation. 3 specific objectives are identified: 1. to examine and evaluate the current environmental state of the Solotvyno salt mine and its wider surroundings with the aid of the innovative technology, 2. to set up an investigative monitoring and to prepare a future complex monitoring system for tracking the surface and near subsurface water qualitative and quantitative changes and the soil movements. 3. to raise awareness and promote the results of the project on different levels. This is important not only for the locals, but due to the nature of the problem, also for the settlements along the River Tisza in all the four countries. The project will also raft Strategic Concept Note, a document with analysis and recommendations for future measures for all level decision making.

Website: http://tiszaett.hu/

Expected Results (EN):

SO1 Improved knowledge base on the current environmental state of the upper-Tisza basin, particularly on the Solotvyno area, by examining the current environmental state of the Solotvyno salt mine and surroundings. Surveys and data collection on the present state is planned by using innovative technology, in cooperation with partner institutes. Knowledge base establishment through surveys and other activities will form the midandlongtermbaseof therevitalizationoftheregionandtotheplanningofacomplexmonitoringsystem; SO2Changesinwaterandsoilmovementsaremeasurablebyaninvestigatorymonitoringsysteminoperation. Parameters are set for a complex monitoring system. To prepare – based on results of SO1 – the planning of a complex monitoring system fitting into the wider regional frameworkfortrackingthesurfaceandsubsurfacewaterqualitativeandquantitativechangesandthesoilmovements inSolotvynoarea.Themonitoringnetworkshallhavetwoobjectives:1.toprovidedataandprocessedinformationon the status of the targeted area for assessment and planning 2.to get feedback on the efficiency of the physical model appliedandmeasurestaken.Inordertoidentifytheextentoftheharmfuleffects,weshallcollectandprocessesdata gathered both at local and trans boundary levels. SO3publicisinformedandisinvolvedintheoverallprocesstowardsthesustainableuseofnaturalresources. Enhanced capacities of Ukrainian stakeholders’ through cross-border cooperation. Activities are awareness raising and promotion of results of the project on different levels under SO3. Cross-border levelpromotionoftheprojectresultsisnecessarynotonlytothewiderpublic(includingtouristsandvisitors)butto decision-makersaswell.Communicationproductsandeventsarecontributingtoraiseawareness,togenerateother projectsandfurtherresearch,whileitmightalsosupporttheactivitiesofEmergencyServices.

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Water management Evaluation systems and results

Thematic Objective: Environmental protection, climate change mitigation and adaptation

Partners (6)

Lead Partner: Tisza European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation

Address: Szent László 7-11, 4600 Kisvárda, Hungary

Legal status: public

Website: http://tiszaett.hu/

Total budget: EUR 170 574.59

ENI budget: EUR 153 517.13

Municipality of Sighetu Marmației

Name: Municipality of Sighetu Marmației

Address: Bogdan Vodă Str. 14, 435500 Sighetu Marmației, Romania

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.primaria-sighet.ro/

Total budget: EUR 68 662.27

ENI budget: EUR 61 796.04

Technická univerzita v Košiciach

Name: Technická univerzita v Košiciach

Address: Letná Str. 9, 4200 Košice, Slovakia

Legal status: public

Website: https://www.tuke.sk/

Total budget: EUR 62 388.30

ENI budget: EUR 56 149.47

University of Miskolc

Name: University of Miskolc

Address: Egyetemváros 1, 3515 Miskolc, Hungary

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.uni-miskolc.hu/

Total budget: EUR 636 280.08

ENI budget: EUR 572 652.07

Solotvyno City Hall

Name: Solotvyno City Hall

Address: Harkivska Str. 1, 90575 Solotvyno, Ukraine

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 75 008.76

ENI budget: EUR 67 507.88

Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Name: Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Address: O. Honchara Str., 55-b, 1054 Kyiv, Ukraine

Legal status: public

Website: http://igs-nas.org.ua/

Total budget: EUR 62 903.58

ENI budget: EUR 56 613.22

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Project name (EN): Environmental Assessment for Natural Resources Revitalization in Solotvyno to prevent the further pollution of the Upper-Tisza Basin through the preparation of a complex monitoring system

Project acronym: REVITAL I

Project start date: 2019-09-01

Project end date: 2021-08-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 075 817.58

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 968 235.81

Co-financing sources:

ENPI/ENI/NDICI: Amount, EUR 968 235.81.

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2014 - 2020 Hungary - Slovakia - Romania - Ukraine ENI CBC

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Environmental Assessment for Natural Resources Revitalization in Solotvyno to prevent the further pollution of the Upper-Tisza Basin through the preparation of a complex monitoring system

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