30/06/2026
On June 17, 2026, the headquarters of the Middle Tisza District Water Directorate (KÖTIVIZIG) in Szolnok hosted the stakeholder workshop related to the Tisza River Basin of the international project Danube Water Balance (DWB). The event was attended by more than forty Hungarian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovakian and Ukrainian experts, who discussed the latest results on the water management of the Tisza River Basin and future water resource management challenges.
The meeting in Szolnok is a milestone of the project, where the project experts shared the results of the modelling of the Tisza water management under different climate scenarios with those involved in water management.
The professional background and objectives of the project were presented by Ágnes Tahy, River Basin Management Department expert from the OVF, who said that the frequency of water shortage periods, decreasing water flows and increasing evaporation are becoming more frequent due to climate change.
During the program, Zsolt Kozma, researcher at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, presented the CWatM (Community Water Model)-based modelling system and its application to the Tisza river basin, as well as the results of simulations based on different climate scenarios.
The participants were introduced to the central data storage system of the DWB project in the presentation of Máté Chappon, specialist from the General Directorate of Water Management. In his presentation, he emphasized the importance of joint data management, which is a fundamental condition for uniform water balance calculations between the countries of the Danube Basin and well-founded water management decisions.
Nikola Santrač, researcher at the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Novi Sad, presented the Web-GIS platform developed within the framework of the project.
In the second half of the workshop, KÖTIVIZIG experts presented their ongoing, related initiatives and activities.
In his presentation, Dávid Béla Vizi, Technical Secretary of KÖTIVIZIG, presented the operation of the Tisza–Körösvölgyi Cooperative Water Management System (TIKEVIR) water resource sharing system and the experiences gained from the severe water shortages of recent years.
At the end of the event, the participants discussed the possibilities of practical application of the modelling results and the directions for further development of cross-border cooperation in a workshop. One of the key goals of the Danube Water Balance project is to prepare the countries of the Danube Basin together, based on a coordinated methodology, to address the water management challenges caused by climate change.
